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Biofuel sustainability: review of implications for land use and food price

Rivista di Economia Agraria

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Title Biofuel sustainability: review of implications for land use and food price
 
Creator Bentivoglio, Deborah
Rasetti, Michele
 
Subject Biofuels; Sustainability; Literature review; Land use; Commodities Price; GHG emissions
Q01; Q16; Q42
 
Description This article reviews the main findings, obtained from the literature, on two aspects that question first generation biofuel sustainability: the consequences of increased biofuel production on indirect land use change (ILUC) and related emissions and the impact of biodiesel on food-commodities prices.The measurement of ILUC, although necessary, is currently highly uncertain as demonstrated by the wide variation in estimates; in any case it seems that none of the first generation biofuels will be able to fulfill the sustainability criteria imposed by the RE Directive.Regarding the food-fuel debate, even if discrepancies in results have been observed, this review suggests that changes in biofuel prices have little impact on food prices. On the other hand, the impact of an increasing production of biofuel on food prices is not negligible.
 
Publisher Firenze University Press
 
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Date 2015-09-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.fupress.net/index.php/rea/article/view/16975
http://www.fupress.net/index.php/rea/article/download/16975/15881
10.13128/REA-16975
 
Source Rivista di Economia Agraria; Vol 70, No 1 (2015); 7-31
Rivista di Economia Agraria; Vol 70, No 1 (2015); 7-31
2281-1559
0035-6190
 
Language eng
 
Relation 10.13128/REA-16975