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   Mitigating Land Use Changes From Biofuel Expansion: An Assessment of Biofuel Feedstock Yield Potential in APEC Economies

   Documents et rapports de conférence

   décembre, 2009

   États-Unis d'Amérique, Philippines, Malaisie, Chine, Indonésie, Australie, Canada, Thaïlande, Nouvelle-Zélande

   The emerging biofuel sector has drawn great interest as an alternative source of fuel for transportation. The expansion of biofuels greatly impacts world agricultural markets, since currently, the primary feedstocks for ethanol and biodiesel production are field crops and their derived products. There is great interest in the potential of countries to expand their biofuel sectors through increased production of feedstocks. The long-term potential for developing first-generation biofuels in many countries depends on a large and constant supply of feedstocks.

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   The Carbon Challenge for Mixed Enterprise Farms

   Documents et rapports de conférence

   août, 2009

   Australie

   agriculture

   As part of its climate change policy the Australian government has introduced aMandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) scheme and is also attempting to introduce a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). Using as a case study a main agricultural region of Australia, this paper examines how farming systems in this region may be affected by the medium term policy settings of these two schemes. A bio-economic model of the region’s farming systems is developed and used to assess the schemes’ impacts on the nature and profitability of the farming systems.