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brief

Cuando la especulación sí importa

La crisis de precios de los alimentos de 2007/2008 se debió a varias razones, entre ellas: una creciente demanda por alimentos en países emergentes, los cambios en los mercados internacionales de granos propiciados por los biocombustibles, el camb

book

Bioenergía y agricultura: Promesas y retos

La 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.

discussion paper

Joint water quantity/quality management analysis in a biofuel production area

"Water management in the Pirapama River Basin in northeastern Brazil is affected by both water quantity and water quality constraints.

journal article

Biofuels

speech

Biofuels and grain prices

Recent dramatic increases in food prices are having severe consequences for poor countries and poor people.

speech

Biofuels, international food prices, and the poor

World agriculture is at a turning point: economic growth, energy needs, and climate change redefine the equations of agricultural supply and demand and contribute to accelerate food prices.
booklet

Biofuels and food security

Biofuel 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.
discussion paper

Higher fuel and food prices

"Rising 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.

discussion paper

Biofuels, poverty, and growth

"Large 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.