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Sugarcane ethanol: Contributions to climate change - BAFF

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Chapter 8 �e global impacts of US and EU biofuels policies 181<br />

Wallace E. Tyner<br />

1. Introduction 181<br />

2. Ethanol economics and policy 183<br />

3. Impacts of US and EU policies on the rest of the world 189<br />

4. Conclusions 195<br />

Acknowledgements 196<br />

References 196<br />

Chapter 9 Impacts of sugarcane bio<strong>ethanol</strong> <strong>to</strong>wards the Millennium<br />

Development Goals 199<br />

Annie Dufey<br />

1. Introduction 199<br />

2. Opportunities for sugarcane bio<strong>ethanol</strong> in achieving sustainable<br />

development and the Millennium Development Goals 200<br />

3. Risks and challenges 207<br />

4. Conclusions 220<br />

References 222<br />

Chapter 10 Why are current food prices so high? 227<br />

Martin Banse, Peter Nowicki and Hans van Meijl<br />

1. World agricultural prices in a his<strong>to</strong>rical perspective 227<br />

2. Long run e�ects 229<br />

3. What explains the recent increase in agricultural prices? 232<br />

4. First quantitative results of the analysis of key driving fac<strong>to</strong>rs 238<br />

5. �e future 241<br />

6. Concluding remarks 244<br />

Acknowledgements 246<br />

References 246<br />

Acknowledgements 249<br />

Peter Zuurbier and Jos van de Vooren<br />

Authors 251<br />

Keyword index 253<br />

<strong>Sugarcane</strong> <strong>ethanol</strong> 9

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