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Comparing social-economic conditions in ethanol production areas in Brazil and United States : a spatial econometric approach
Chagas, André Luis Squarize - 2014 - Draf version
The production of ethanol has increased in United States and Brazil in recent years, because of incentives to reduce … gas consumption. In Brazil, there is a big program to use ethanol both as a single fuel or an additive to gas. In US, the … incentive is to use ethanol combined to gas in proportion that can reach to 85 percent of the mix. This situation has prompted …
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Status quo and prospects of smallholders in the Brazilian sugarcane and ethanol sector : lessons for development and poverty reduction
Scholtes, Fabian - 2009
Along with a growing global ethanol market, investment in the production of sugarcane is growing, targeting new … sugarcane and (large-scale) ethanol. The sector is highly concentrated. More recently, however, small ethanol distilleries have …-smallholder experiences be transferred from Brazil to other contexts? Part 1 describes the Brazilian sugarcane and ethanol sector with regards …
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Options for suitable biofuel farming : experience from Southern Africa
Von Maltitz, Graham - 2017
quantities on existing lands. Highly perishable, low-density crops such as sugarcane require tight integration between growers …
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Modeling regional supply responses using farm-level economic data and a biophysical model : a case study on Brazilian land-use change
Ferreira Balieiro, Samuel - 2021
Estimating farmers’ supply responses to changes in framework conditions is important to inform decision-makers on the expected impacts on production volume as well as the resulting land-use shifts. Existing agricultural supply response models generally require either larger databases with...
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Modeling regional supply responses using farm-level economic data and a biophysical model : a case study on Brazilian land-use change
Balieiro, Samuel - 2023
Die Schätzung der Angebotsreaktionen von Landwirten auf veränderte Rahmenbedingungen ist wichtig, um Entscheidungsträger über die erwarteten Auswirkungen einer Maßnahme auf das Produktionsvolumen und die daraus resultierenden Landnutzungsänderungen zu informieren. Bestehende Modelle für...
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The marginal damage costs of different greenhouse gases : an application of FUND
Anthoff, David; Rose, Steven; Tol, Richard S. J.; … - 2011
We use FUND 3.5 to estimate the social cost of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and sulphur hexafluoride emissions. We show the results of a range of sensitivity analyses, focusing on the impact of carbon dioxide fertilization. Ignored in previous studies of the social cost of greenhouse...
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The marginal damage costs of different greenhouse gases : an application of FUND
Waldhoff, Stephanie; Anthoff, David; Rose, Steven; Tol, … - 2011
We use FUND 3.5 to estimate the social cost of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and sulphur hexafluoride emissions. We show the results of a range of sensitivity analyses, focusing on the impact of carbon dioxide fertilization. Ignored in previous studies of the social cost of greenhouse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313132
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Releasing the killer from the kitchen? : ventilation and air pollution from biomass cooking
Lenz, Luciane; Bensch, Gunther; Chartier, Ryan; Kane, … - 2022
Household air pollution from biomass cooking is the most significant environmental health risk in the Global South. Interventions to address this risk mostly promote less-polluting stoves and clean fuels, but their diffusion proves difficult. This paper assesses the potentially complementary...
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A bridge to clean cooking? : the cost-effectiveness of energy-efficient biomass stoves in rural Senegal
Bensch, Gunther; Jeuland, Marc; Lenz, Luciane; Ndiaye, … - 2023
Rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa have experienced limited progress towards the sustainable development goal of universal access to clean cooking. Energy-efficient biomass cookstoves (EEBCs) are considered a potential bridge technology, but EEBC models vary widely, and there is a lack of...
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Assessment of agribusiness venture arrangements and sugarcane block farming for the modernization of agriculture
Pantoja, Blanquita R.; Alvarez, Joanne V.; Sanchez, … - 2017
Agribusiness Venture Arrangements (AVAs) and the Sugarcane Block Farming (SBF). The objective of this study is to assess the … focusing on three export crops, namely, banana, pineapple, and sugarcane which were selected based on their significant …
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