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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.11.030 |
Impacts of a United States' biofuel policy on New Zealand's agricultural sector | |
Saunders, Caroline1; Kaye-Blake, William1; Marshall, Liz2; Greenhalgh, Suzie3; Pereira, Mariana de Aragao1,4 | |
发表日期 | 2009 |
ISSN | 0002-9122 |
卷号 | 37期号:9页码:3448-3454 |
英文摘要 | The rise in oil prices has spurred interest in biofuels. Policies in the United States like the renewable fuel standard (RFS) have led to an expansion of ethanol production, while the New Zealand government has mandated a minimum level of biofuel sales. The research used a partial equilibrium model of international trade to quantify the price and farmgate income effects of the US RFS policy. The goal was to examine the competition between food and biofuel production and to quantify the impact of the policy on the agricultural sector in New Zealand. The RFS policy has a significant impact on corn prices, but a small effect on livestock prices and production. There thus appears to be little conflict between food and fuel uses for corn at the level of the RFS mandate. New Zealand's pasture-based livestock sector benefits from the use of corn for ethanol production: it receives better prices for its products, but does not face the same input cost increases as competitors. The results suggest that New Zealand faces an interesting decision: it could support investment in biofuels research, or benefit from the biofuels boom through the indirect impacts on demand and prices for meat and milk. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Biofuel;International trade;Livestock sector |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000269283900016 |
来源期刊 | ENERGY POLICY |
来源机构 | 世界资源研究所 |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/56101 |
作者单位 | 1.Lincoln Univ, AERU, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand; 2.World Resources Inst, Washington, DC 20002 USA; 3.Landcare Res, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; 4.Embrapa Beef Cattle, BR-79002970 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Saunders, Caroline,Kaye-Blake, William,Marshall, Liz,et al. Impacts of a United States' biofuel policy on New Zealand's agricultural sector[J]. 世界资源研究所,2009,37(9):3448-3454. |
APA | Saunders, Caroline,Kaye-Blake, William,Marshall, Liz,Greenhalgh, Suzie,&Pereira, Mariana de Aragao.(2009).Impacts of a United States' biofuel policy on New Zealand's agricultural sector.ENERGY POLICY,37(9),3448-3454. |
MLA | Saunders, Caroline,et al."Impacts of a United States' biofuel policy on New Zealand's agricultural sector".ENERGY POLICY 37.9(2009):3448-3454. |
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