This article analyses the impact of national, European and global biofuel targets on German food production and land allocation until 2020. The LEITAP General Equilibrium Model simulates the interaction of agricultural and energy markets in response to the envisaged expansion of the biofuel...

Animal-source foods are a major component of global diets and are increasingly criticised because of their adverse impacts on environment, climate and health. A shift in diets towards plant-based foods is a discussed option to overcome these problems. Much of the scientific emphasis so far has...

In recent literature concept and implications of bio¬economy are being discussed extensively and in many cases the term bioeconomy rather serves as a framework for discussion than as an operational basis for estimating size and economic importance. Nevertheless, several of such estimates exist...