Model estimates food-versus-biofuel trade-off
Biofuels have been criticized for raising food prices and reducing food production. While biofuels have rightly been blamed for contributing to reduced food security at a time of record-high food prices in 2008, they have not been credited with reducing the cost of gasolin...
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doaj-56ef733705d04b0b94cf9729098d76a92020-11-24T22:06:27ZengUniversity of California Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCalifornia Agriculture0008-08452160-80912009-10-0163419920110.3733/ca.v063n04p19910.3733/cav063n04_9Model estimates food-versus-biofuel trade-offDeepak Rajagopal0Steven Sexton1Gal Hochman2David Roland-Holst3David Zilberman4D. Rajagopal is Ph.D. Candidate, Energy Resources Group, UC BerkeleyS. Sexton is Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC BerkeleyG. Hochman is Visiting Scholar, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC BerkeleyD. Roland-Holst is Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC BerkeleyD. Zilberman is Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC BerkeleyBiofuels have been criticized for raising food prices and reducing food production. While biofuels have rightly been blamed for contributing to reduced food security at a time of record-high food prices in 2008, they have not been credited with reducing the cost of gasoline, also at a time of record-high prices. We discuss the food-versus-biofuel trade-off associated with biofuel production and model the effects of biofuel production in markets for key crops and gasoline, showing that food consumers lose from biofuels but gasoline consumers enjoy substantial benefits. We also suggest ways to address the food-versus-biofuel debate.http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v063n04p199 |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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California Agriculture |
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Biofuels have been criticized for raising food prices and reducing food production.
While biofuels have rightly been blamed for contributing to reduced food security
at a time of record-high food prices in 2008, they have not been credited with reducing
the cost of gasoline, also at a time of record-high prices. We discuss the food-versus-biofuel
trade-off associated with biofuel production and model the effects of biofuel production
in markets for key crops and gasoline, showing that food consumers lose from biofuels
but gasoline consumers enjoy substantial benefits. We also suggest ways to address
the food-versus-biofuel debate. |
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