- Discussion PapersAlthough the potential causes and consequences of recent increases in international food prices have attracted widespread attention, many existing appraisals are superficial and/or piecemeal. This paper attempts to provide a more comprehensive ...
- Project Papers and NotesBackground On 23 April 2009, the European Union adopted the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) which included a 10 percent target for the use of renewable energy in road transport fuels by 2020. It also established the environmental sustainability ...
- Staff ProfileBetina Dimaranan joined the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division at IFPRI as a Research Fellow in July 2007. She is a member of the Globalization and Markets team and currently conducts research on global trade modeling, multilateral and ...
- General InformationLa demande de biocarburants est en augmentation sous l’effet combiné des besoins croissants en énergie, de la hausse des coûts de l’énergie, de la quête de nouvelles sources d’énergies propres et renouvelables et de la volonté de revaloriser les ...
- 2020 FocusLa bioenergía ––es decir, los biocombustibles de origen biológico y renovable, como el bioetanol, el biodiesel y la biomasa utilizada para generar energía–– es un tema que acapara cada vez más atención en todo el mundo. Los precios del petróleo ...
- IFPRI BriefsConverting agriculture to produce energy as well as food has become an important and well-funded global research goal as petroleum reserves fall and fuel prices rise. But the use of crop biomass-both grain and other plant parts-as a raw material ...
- EventAbstract Bioenergy is the subject of increasing attention around the world. It appears to offer hope for environment-friendly energy that would also be a boon to the world’s farmers. Can bioenergy fulfill the promise claimed by its ...
- 2020 FocusBioenergy—that is, biofuels of biological and renewable origin, like bioethanol, biodiesel, and biomass for energy—is the subject of increasing attention around the world. Oil prices have climbed to unprecedented heights, and concerns about the ...
- IFPRI BriefsThis brief delineates two broad categories for bioenergy development - the exploitation of existing agricultural wastes and the establishment of energy plantations-and suggests high-priority steps for developing bioenergy in ways that benefit the ...
- IFPRI BriefsGiven Europe’s high import demand for fuel and its commitments to reduce CO2 emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, political pressure to implement strategies for the use of renewable energy is ever increasing. Thus, Europe aspires to use ...
- Discussion PapersBiofuels provide a new opportunity to enhance economic development in Tanzania. Drawing on detailed cost estimates, we develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium model to estimate the impact of different biofuel production scenarios on ...
- General InformationBiofuel demand is increasing because of a combination of growing energy needs; rising oil costs; the pursuit of clean, renewable sources of energy; and the desire to boost farm incomes in developed countries. In turn, the need for crops—such as ...
- PublicationTestimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, May 7, 2008 Recent dramatic increases in food prices are having severe consequences for poor countries and poor people. The Food and Agriculture ...
- IFPRI BriefsRising world fuel prices, the growing demand for energy, and concerns about global warming are the key factors driving the increasing interest in renewable energy sources, and in biofuels in particular. But some policymakers and analysts have ...
- EventAbstract The Crawford Fund’s annual conferences highlight an important aspect of feeding and greening the world. The future energy demands of rapidly-developing countries, the increasing concerns about the reliability of oil supplies ...
- Lectures, Speeches, and TestimonyTestimony to the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Thursday, June 12, 2008 World agriculture is at a turning point: economic growth, energy needs, and climate change redefine the equations of agricultural ...
- Discussion PapersLarge private investments in biofuels are presently underway in Mozambique. This paper uses an economywide model to assess the implications of these investments for growth and income distribution. Our results indicate that biofuels provide an ...
- EventAbstract IFPRI is a partner in the international “Bonn2011 Conference: The Water Energy and Food Security Nexus – Solutions for the Green Economy” organized by the German Federal Government. <!--break--> More information Conference ...
- IFPRI BriefsBrazil is the world’s largest producer of ethanol, a biofuel used mainly in automobiles as an additive or alternative to gasoline. In the mid-1970s the country undertook a major program to produce ethanol, and since then the industry has ...
- Staff ProfileDr. David Laborde Debucquet joined IFPRI, Washington DC, in 2007. He is a Senior Research Fellow and leader of the “Globalization and Markets” research program in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division. More about Dr David Laborde ...
- IFPRI BriefsThere is a clear link between access to energy services and poverty alleviation and development. The first set of critical energy needs are those that satisfy basic human needs: fuel for cooking, heating and lighting, energy for pumping water, ...
- DivisionResearch in the Environment and Production Technology Division focuses on meeting food production needs in developing countries in ways that are beneficial to the poor and do not degrade the natural resource base. This involves identifying the ...
- IFPRI BriefsBioenergy crop systems can-if properly designed-yield significant benefits, both environmental and social. The right choice of biomass crops and production methods can lead to favorable carbon and energy balances and a net reduction in greenhouse ...
- NewsGlobal demand for biofuels has risen sharply over the last decade, driven initially by oil price hikes and the need for greater energy security. Support measures were established in many countries in recognition of the potential of biofuel ...
- Project Papers and NotesThe primary objective of this study is to analyse the impact of possible changes in EU biofuels trade policies on global agricultural production and the environmental performance of the EU biofuel policy as concretised in the RED. The study pays ...
- Discussion PapersRising world prices for fuel and food represent a negative terms-of-trade shock for Mozambique. The impacts of these price increases are analyzed using various approaches. Detailed price data show that the world price increases are being ...
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- ArchiveCONTENTS: •What Goes Down Must Come Up: Global Food Prices Reach New Heights •Commentary: Toward a New Global Governance System for Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition: What Are the Options? •Prevention More Effective than Treatment •Scientific ...
- Project Papers and NotesFood security has deteriorated since 1995 and reductions in child malnutrition are proceeding too slowly to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for halving hunger by 2015. Three major challenges threaten to drastically complicate ...
- Lectures, Speeches, and TestimonyThe prices of maize, wheat, rice, and other crops have more than doubled over the past two years. These price hikes have been catalyzed by various factors including the rising cost of oil, biofuel subsidies in the US and Europe, the depreciation ...
- Staff ProfileIsmaël Fofana is a Postdoctoral research fellow in IFPRI. He joined the West and Central Africa office in Dakar (Senegal) in October 2010. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (France). He worked between 2001 ...
- Discussion PapersWater management in the Pirapama River Basin in northeastern Brazil is affected by both water quantity and water quality constraints. The region is known for significant sugarcane-based ethanol production—which is key to the Brazilian economy and ...
- Staff ProfileKarl joined IFPRI in June 2009 as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Division. He was initially based in the Washington D.C. office, after which he joined IFPRI’s Malawi Strategy Support Program in Lilongwe, ...
- DivisionInadequate policies, institutions, and rural infrastructure lead to agricultural markets that do not function efficiently. As a consequence, the poor pay more for their food and receive less for their produce. To enhance the efficiency of ...
- Discussion PapersThere is rising skepticism about the potential positive environmental impacts of first generation biofuels. Growing biofuel crops could induce diversion of other crops dedicated to food and feed needs. The relocation of production could increase ...
- Discussion PapersThe closely interlinked food, fuel and financial crises pose a significant new challenge to the global effort to reduce poverty. In short run, the oil-biofuels nexus was clearly the driving force behind the surge in food prices, but export ...
- IFPRI Briefs“In recent years bioenergy… has drawn attention as a sustainable energy source that may help cope with rising energy prices, address environmental concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, and offer new income and employment to farmers ...
- Staff ProfilePerrihan Al Riffai joined IFPRI in September of 2009. She is a Research Analyst in the Development Strategy and Governance. She received an MPhil in Economics from George Washington University. Her background is in CGE modeling. Currently, her ...
- IFPRI BriefsMuch of the technology development for bioenergy to date has been geared toward competing with cheap fossil fuels. Bioenergy technologies have focused on reducing the cost per unit of energy produced, often exclusively by exploiting very cheap ...
- Staff ProfileDr. Tokgoz received her Ph.D. in Economics from North Carolina State University in 2003. Her research mainly focuses on modeling and analysis of biofuels, energy, and agricultural markets, particularly the impact of biofuels expansion on ...
- Staff ProfileSiwa Msangi is a Senior Research Fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division, and co-leads IFPRI's research theme 1, which focuses on the major socio-economic and bio-physical drivers affecting agricultural production and trade, ...
- Booklets“In the past several years the changing world energy situation has generated intensive discussion about biofuels, much of it promising a source of environment-friendly energy that would also be a boon to the world’s farmers. At ...
- NewsThe International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) partners with Government of Germany to organize the international “Bonn2011 Conference: The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus–Solutions for the Green Economy” to be held in Bonn, ...
- Staff ProfileWei Zhang is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division. While a great deal of her current research activity focuses on the economic and environmental impacts of biofuels, Wei has a broader research background in ...
- Lectures, Speeches, and TestimonyWorld agriculture is at a turning point, with high demand due to economic growth accelerating food prices. In addition, energy and climate change are re-defining the equations of supply and demand. Biofuels have a high place on the global agenda, ...
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