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Environmental and Social Impacts from Palm based Biofuel Development in Indonesia
Andriani, Rubeta; Andrianto, Agus; Komarudin, Heru; … - 2011
"This paper reviews oil palm biofuel development and analyzes social and environmental impacts of oil palm plantations in Indonesia. Three plantation study sites were selected in West Papua (Manokwari), West Kalimantan (Kubu Raya) and Papua (Boven Digoel) and used as case studies to illustrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468481
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Biofuels production in Mexico a complex problem
González-Aguirre, Rosa Luz; Quintero-Ramírez, Rodolfo - 2008
In Mexico the possibility of producing biofuels has generated a wide range of political, economical and technical comments and opinions. This is due mainly to the fact that the oil industry has contributed heavily to the direct financing of the Mexican government for the last 70 years, in 2007...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475859
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Measuring Competition between Non-Food and Food Demand on World Grain Markets : Is Biofuel Production Compatible with Pressure for Food Production ?
Benjamin, Catherine; Houee-Bigot, Magalie - 2007
The flow of agricultural products between countries is conditioned by several factors including domestic and trade policy tools for the main competing exporters countries, and macroeconomic variables (such as real income per capita, rate of population growth,etc). Important structural changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444944
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Removing Distortions in the U.S. Ethanol Market: What Does It Imply for the United States and Brazil?
Elobeid, Amani E.; Tokgoz, Simla - 2007
We analyze the impact of trade liberalization and removal of the federal tax credit in the United States on U.S. and Brazilian ethanol markets using a multi-market international ethanol model calibrated on 2005 market data and policies. The removal of trade distortions induces a 23.9 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444955
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Renewable energy - new forces in global ethanol trade?
Salamon, Petra; von Ledebur, Ernst-Oliver; Elmahdi, Kamal; … - 2006
The paper presents an extended gravity equation application for the global trade with ethanol.The background and different attempts for a theoretical foundation of the standard approachare discussed. The econometric work takes regional integration schemes into account, as wellas the influence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445576
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS: SOME LESSONS FROM THE PILOT TISSUE-CULTURE (TC) BANANA PRODUCTION PROMOTION PROJECT IN KENYA, 1997-2002
Mbogoh, Stephen G.; Wambugu, Florence M.; Wakhusama, Sam - 2003
) technology in banana production in Kenya. It attempts to demonstrate that a prudent introduction and promotion of a new … developing country, such as Kenya. Adoption of tc technology in banana production in Kenya is considered a good example of …, 1999; Graff, et al 2002; Qaim, et al 2002) by showing that it actually does so, using experiences from Kenya. The study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442421
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Milk Handling in the Supply Chains: The Case of Smallholder Retail Outlets In Nakuru, Kenya
Birachi, E. Abucheli; Owuor, George; Hanf, C.-Hennig - 2006
This paper characterises smallholder milk outlets in Nakuru district one of the major milk producing Districts in Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442447
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The Effects of Government Maize Marketing Policies on Maize Market Prices in Kenya
Jayne, Thomas S.; Myers, Robert J.; Nyoro, James K. - 2006
The Government of Kenya pursues maize marketing policy objectives through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB … Kenya between 1989 and 2004. Results provide important insights into the historical effects of the NCPB, and will provide … structural econometric model to estimate the historical policy effects because of data limitations in Kenya, which are typical of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442488
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Food Pricing Policy and Rural Poverty: Insights from Maize in Kenya
Mghenyi, Elliot W.; Jayne, Thomas S. - 2006
maize marketing board in Kenya. We consider both supply and demand responses and the accompanying adjustments in rural labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442513
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Factors Influencing Landowners' Participation in Wildlife Co-Management in Kenya
Mburu, John - 2002
will always be reaped in any co-management process. Thus, taking two wildlife conservancies in Kenya as an example, this … Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Based on a detailed questionnaire, data collection at the landowners households level was …
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