This article analyses the current state of the debate over competition for land use, by means of an index of the main arguments in favor and against the production of liquid biofuels and the impacts on food production. Based on this index, an analytic framework is constructed to establish the...

In response to biofuel policies, the impacts of biofuels are very controversial. In particular, biofuels have been universally blamed for recent food price increases. In this paper, we review the recent but growing literature on the topical trade-off : Fuel vs. Food. First, we present biofuel...

Einführung -- Theoretische Grundlagen -- Politische Institutionen der Europäischen Union -- Europäisches System der Zentralbanken (ESZB) -- Europäische Kohäsionspolitik -- Agrarpolitik -- Koordination der Finanzpolitik — Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt -- Europäische...

Einführung -- Gemeinsamer Markt.- Politische Institutionen der EU -- Europäisches System der Zentralbanken (ESZB) -- Europäische Kohäsionspolitik -- Agrarpolitik -- Koordination der Finanzpolitik - Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspaket -- Europäische Beschäftigungspolitik und die Offene Methode...

The 2014 IPCC report concludes that changes in precipitation and temperature could cause global food prices to nearly double by 2050. Anecdotal evidence of riots during the global food price spikes of 2007–08 and 2010–11 raises the more general question of whether global food...