Bioenergy and Food Security
| Manifesto on climate change and the future of food security This manifesto is an agro-ecological response to challenge posed by climate change for ensuring the future of food security by mitigation, adaptation and equity.The present food system is also extremely vulnerable to climate... |
May 2008 |
| Biofuels research in the CGIAR - A perspective from the Science Council Government policies, motivated by concerns about energy security, high oil prices, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and various vested interests, are driving the latest expansion in the global biofuels industry. This is most... |
May 2008 |
| Fuelling exclusion? The biofuels boom and poor people’s access to land This study aims to open up discussion of the way in which biofuels are likely to impact on access to land. Many observers and activists have raised concerns that the spread of biofuels may result in loss of land access for poorer... |
May 2008 |
| Global agricultural supply and demand: factors contributing to the recent increase in food commodity prices World market prices for major food commodities such as grains and vegetable oils have risen sharply to historic highs of more than 60 percent above levels just 2 years ago.Many factors have contributed to the run-up in food... |
May 2008 |
| Mozambique biofuels assessment This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the potential for biofuels production in Mozambique and assesses the potential competitiveness of biofuels production in comparison to the cost of imported petroleum-based... |
May 2008 |
| Soaring food prices - Response to the crisis Soaring food prices have hit the poor hard. Along with record-high energy prices, these have seriously eroded the purchasing power of over-a-billion poor in Asia, increasing their food deprivation. These are threatening to... |
2008 |
| The impact of biofuels on commodity prices The purpose of this note is to review the existing research on the impact of biofuels on commodity and food prices.Over the last few years the rise in energy prices, the political tensions in some oil producing regions, the... |
Apr 2008 |
| Soaring food prices: the need for international action International prices of basic food commodities have increased rapidly over the last three years.Five reasons explain the increase in food prices. First, world cereal production fell by 3.6 percent in 2005 and 6.9 percent in 2006... |
Apr 2008 |
| Have recent increases in international cereal prices been transmitted to domestic economies? The experience in seven large Asian countries A key question is the extent to which changes in world market prices have been transmitted to domestic economies in recent years, especially for cereals. The extent of transmission is important for at least two reasons. First, it... |
Apr 2008 |
| World Economic Outlook – Housing and business cycle In addition to problems within the financial sector, there are two main short-run vulnerabilities for the global economy, both of which the continuing deep correction in the U.S. housing market and the unresolved financial sector... |
Apr 2008 |
