Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right?
In this article, we discuss some key aspects of biofuel production in developing countries, and where constraints and tradeoffs are likely to occur. We use the example of two countries, Senegal and India, to highlight some of the issues of cost competitiveness, problems with ensuring stable supply o...
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| author | Msangi, Siwa Evans, Martin |
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| description | In this article, we discuss some key aspects of biofuel production in developing countries, and where constraints and tradeoffs are likely to occur. We use the example of two countries, Senegal and India, to highlight some of the issues of cost competitiveness, problems with ensuring stable supply of feedstock as well as critical missing links in the biofuels value chain that pose problems to scaling up national programs in these countries. We discuss the particularly problematic nature of jatropha, as a biodiesel feedstock, and underline some helpful guiding principles that can help country‐level policy. We point to an underlying “duality” between a well‐functioning food system and favorable conditions for agribusiness enterprises, such as biofuels, and the relevance it has to achieving food security goals. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1527972024-11-15T08:52:17Z Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right? Msangi, Siwa Evans, Martin biofuels economic development food security In this article, we discuss some key aspects of biofuel production in developing countries, and where constraints and tradeoffs are likely to occur. We use the example of two countries, Senegal and India, to highlight some of the issues of cost competitiveness, problems with ensuring stable supply of feedstock as well as critical missing links in the biofuels value chain that pose problems to scaling up national programs in these countries. We discuss the particularly problematic nature of jatropha, as a biodiesel feedstock, and underline some helpful guiding principles that can help country‐level policy. We point to an underlying “duality” between a well‐functioning food system and favorable conditions for agribusiness enterprises, such as biofuels, and the relevance it has to achieving food security goals. 2013-07 2024-10-01T13:55:12Z 2024-10-01T13:55:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152797 en Limited Access Wiley Msangi, Siwa; and Evans, Martin. 2013. Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right? Agricultural Economics 44(4-5): 501-510. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12033 |
| spellingShingle | biofuels economic development food security Msangi, Siwa Evans, Martin Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right? |
| title | Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right? |
| title_full | Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right? |
| title_fullStr | Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right? |
| title_short | Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right? |
| title_sort | biofuels and developing economies is the timing right |
| topic | biofuels economic development food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152797 |
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