emissions. Feedstock for first generation biofuels and food crops both use arable land andmay compete for it. Also, fuel is an … input for the production and transport of food. The purpose of thispaper is to quantify with empirical data how these two … setting allows an expansion ofbiofuel production to increase food production by lowering costs of production and transport …

The latest Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) by the European Union (EU) provides an updated framework for the use of … renewable energy in the EU transport sector until 2030. We employ the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model DART-BIO for a … the impact of the RED II specifications on the global production of food and feed crops. A further focus of this paper …

effects of these policies on cropland allocation, food and fuel prices, and the mix of biofuels from corn and cellulosic … feedstocks over the 2007-2022 period. We find that the biofuel mandate will increase corn price by 24%, reduce the price of … volumetric tax credits that accompany the mandate significantly changes the mix of biofuels produced in favor of cellulosic …

estimate the effects of these policies on allocation of land between food crops and fuel crops and for food and fuel prices and …. We find that the biofuel mandate will expand cropland by 6%, increase corn price by 24% and reduce the price of gasoline … by 8% in 2022 relative to Business As Usual (BAU). The benefits of the mandate to agricultural producers and fuel …