Biofuels have gained increasing attention as an alternative to fossil fuels for several
reasons, one of which is their potential to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from …

This paper investigates the development of domestic and international demand for
Indonesian palm oil, in line with national biofuel mandates and established export markets …

The food commodity price inflation beginning in 2001 and culminating in the food crisis of
2007/08, and which returned in 2010, reflects a combination of several factors including …

This paper provides an overview of the economics of biofuels. It starts by describing the
remarkable growth of the biofuel industry over the last decade, with emphasis on …

Recent increases in basic food prices are severely impacting vulnerable populations
worldwide. Proposed causes such as shortages of grain due to adverse weather, increasing …

To meet emerging bioenergy demands, significant areas of the large-scale agricultural
landscape of the Midwestern United States could be converted to second generation …

This paper examines the economic and GHG implications of stacking a low carbon fuel
standard (LCFS) with and without a carbon price policy on the Renewable Fuel Standard …

This paper develops an integrated model of the fuel and agricultural sectors to analyze the
welfare and greenhouse gas emission (GHG) effects of the existing Renewable Fuel …

Renewable natural gas has the potential to diversify and decarbonize natural gas as a
transportation fuel. Biomethane, a subset of renewable natural gas, is produced from a …

Mathematical programming models are widely used in agricultural sector analysis. However,
the lack of micro‐level data, as well as computational requirements, necessitate the …