Biofuels and Food Security: Micro-evidence from Ethiopia

Martha Negash and Johan Swinnen

LICOS Discussion Papers from LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven

Abstract: This paper provides microeconomic evidence on food security impacts of privately organized biofuel outgrower schemes in Ethiopia. We conducted a household and community level survey and evaluated the impact of castor bean farming. We use endogenous switching regressions to analyze the impact on food security. Food security (as measured by a “food gap”) and food caloric intake is significantly better in households producing castor beans. “Fuel” and “food” are complements rather than substitutes at the micro-level in castor production in Ethiopia.

Keywords: biofuel; castor; food security; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q12 Q16 Q42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Journal Article: Biofuels and food security: Micro-evidence from Ethiopia (2013)
Working Paper: Biofuels and Food Security: Micro-evidence from Ethiopia (2012)
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