Recent dramatic increases in food prices are having severe consequences for poor countries and poor people.
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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.
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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.
There 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.
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
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
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.
This introductory paper sets out the rationale for revisiting questions surrounding biofuel futures in Southern Africa and exploring the case for the establishment of a regional market.
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The food-fuel-fiber debate
Mozambique is one of the most promising African countries for producing biofuels and the national biofuel policy of 2009 identifies measures to incentivize biofuel production.
journal article
Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
Potential biofuel demand in South Africa is estimated to increase to 1550 million litres by 2025 due to mandatory blending rates. Land and water constraints, however, limit the ability for domestic production.
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What does it take to stabilise India’s sugar market?
This results brief provides an overall picture of the renewable energy potential for power generation in Ethiopia and demonstrates to which extent renewable energy technologies can be integrated into the Ethiopian power sector.
discussion paper
Biofuels and economic development in Tanzania
Biofuels provide a new opportunity to enhance economic development in Tanzania.
journal article
Policies for a sustainable biomass energy sector in Malawi: enhancing energy and food security simultaneously
The strong linkages to food security and the environment place biomass energy at the heart of sustainable development.
discussion paper
The future of global sugar markets
"Sugar is one of the most highly protected agricultural commodities worldwide. This protection depresses trade opportunities and the prices received by exporters without preferential market access.