Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia

It is estimated that biofuel demand in South Africa will increase to 1,550 million litres by 2025 following the introduction of mandatory blending rates in 2014. Land and water constraints, however, limit domestic supply ability. Zambia, due to abundance of land, suitable climate, supportive bioener...

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Autores principales: Hartley, Faaiqa, van Seventer, Dirk, Samboko, Paul, Arndt, Channing
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Publicado: United Nations University 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147523
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author Hartley, Faaiqa
van Seventer, Dirk
Samboko, Paul
Arndt, Channing
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description It is estimated that biofuel demand in South Africa will increase to 1,550 million litres by 2025 following the introduction of mandatory blending rates in 2014. Land and water constraints, however, limit domestic supply ability. Zambia, due to abundance of land, suitable climate, supportive bioenergy incentives, and geographical proximity, has the potential to meet this increased demand. Using a dynamic recursive computable general equilibrium model, we estimate the macro- and socio-economic impacts of bioethanol production in Zambia under both commercial and smallholder farming models, including and excluding bagasse co-generation. Three feedstock crops are considered: sugarcane, cassava, and sweet sorghum.
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spelling CGSpace1475232025-12-08T10:29:22Z Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia Hartley, Faaiqa van Seventer, Dirk Samboko, Paul Arndt, Channing models economic analysis bioenergy agricultural policies sugar cane sorghum bicolor computable general equilibrium models cassava bioethanol It is estimated that biofuel demand in South Africa will increase to 1,550 million litres by 2025 following the introduction of mandatory blending rates in 2014. Land and water constraints, however, limit domestic supply ability. Zambia, due to abundance of land, suitable climate, supportive bioenergy incentives, and geographical proximity, has the potential to meet this increased demand. Using a dynamic recursive computable general equilibrium model, we estimate the macro- and socio-economic impacts of bioethanol production in Zambia under both commercial and smallholder farming models, including and excluding bagasse co-generation. Three feedstock crops are considered: sugarcane, cassava, and sweet sorghum. 2017 2024-06-21T09:22:59Z 2024-06-21T09:22:59Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147523 en United Nations University Hartley, Faaiqa; van Seventer, Dirk; Samboko, Paul; and Arndt, Channing. 2017. Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia. WIDER Working Paper 2017/27. Helsinki, Finland: UNU-WIDER. https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/251-9
spellingShingle models
economic analysis
bioenergy
agricultural policies
sugar cane
sorghum bicolor
computable general equilibrium models
cassava
bioethanol
Hartley, Faaiqa
van Seventer, Dirk
Samboko, Paul
Arndt, Channing
Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
title Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
title_full Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
title_fullStr Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
title_full_unstemmed Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
title_short Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
title_sort economy wide implications of biofuel production in zambia
topic models
economic analysis
bioenergy
agricultural policies
sugar cane
sorghum bicolor
computable general equilibrium models
cassava
bioethanol
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147523
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