The environmental and health consequences of climate change, which disproportionately
affect low-income countries and poor people in high-income countries, profoundly affect …

One of the most crucial problems with increasing biofuel production is that it competes for
natural and agricultural resources with food and food related use, because its main …

This review studies biofuel expansion in terms of competition between conventional and
advanced biofuels based on bioenergy potential. Production of advanced biofuels is …

Over the last decade, shifting strategies of capital accumulation have deepened the
integration of land and associated primary commodities into circuits of investment. More than …

The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around
biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, farm policies and between countries …

By mid-century, the world population will surpass 9 billion people, meaning higher demand
for available food, water, arable land and environmental impacts. Food safety issues …

This review discusses research on linkages between biofuels, agriculture, and food security.
The literature indicates that biofuel expansion affects land use, puts pressure on food and …

Using US and global data we estimate auto-regressive models of US and global food prices
as a function of oil prices, GDP per capita and biofuels production. Our model results …

This paper synthesizes and critiques three approaches to the analysis of the recent booms
in food grains and oilseeds commodity prices: the 'perfect storm'; statistical time-series …

The recent and rapidly growing interest in biofuel as a green energy source has raised
concerns about its impact on the prices, returns and volatility of related agricultural …