Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/126496 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 356
Publisher: 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, Leuven
Abstract: 
The indirect effects of biofuels are mostly considered negative. In this paper, we argue that there may be a positive indirect effect of biofuels on food security and poverty. Our analysis shows that the introduction of castor production for biofuel in a poor country as Ethiopia can significantly improve food productivity of rural households who produce raw material for biofuel production. This spillover seems particularly linked to enhanced access to inputs and technical assistance which were provided as part of biofuel feedstock production contracts. Our results thus help nuancing the view that biofuels necessarily harm smallholders' food security.
Subjects: 
biofuels
contract farming
productivity
spillovers
Ethiopia
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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