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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112834
	Biofuels and food security: evidence from Indonesia and Mexico
	Boly M.; Sanou A.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	163
英文摘要	In this study, we analyze the food security effects of biofuel production using the synthetic control method. This retrospective and graphical analysis focuses on Indonesia and Mexico from 2000 to 2013. Indonesia is a major biodiesel producer, while Mexico specializes in maize and ethanol. Our findings show that biodiesel production positively affects food security through an increase in daily per capita energy consumption and the food production index, whereas we observe the reverse effect for bioethanol. After the adoption of biofuels, the gap between Indonesia and its counterfactual allows us to conclude that biodiesel production does not harm food security. This could be explained by the fact that biodiesel production uses some feedstocks that do not directly compete with food crops; moreover, biodiesel exports generate revenues that can be allocated to food imports. However, the gap between Mexico and its counterfactual suggests that bioethanol production reduces food security because it uses maize, which is the staple food of many Mexicans. Furthermore, Mexican ethanol exports compete with those of the United States. Our results are robust to several falsification tests. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Biofuels; Food security; Impact assessment
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biodiesel; Bioethanol; Energy utilization; Ethanol; Biodiesel production; Biofuel production; Control methods; Counterfactuals; Food security; Impact assessments; Indonesia; Me-xico; Retrospective analysis; Synthetic control; Food supply; assessment method; biofuel; energy use; export; food security; power generation; Indonesia; Mexico [North America]
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256296
作者单位	Poverty & Equity Global Practice, The World Bank, Washington D.C, United States; Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000, France
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Boly M.,Sanou A.. Biofuels and food security: evidence from Indonesia and Mexico[J],2022,163.
APA	Boly M.,&Sanou A..(2022).Biofuels and food security: evidence from Indonesia and Mexico.Energy Policy,163.
MLA	Boly M.,et al."Biofuels and food security: evidence from Indonesia and Mexico".Energy Policy 163(2022).