Biofuels and Food Security: Micro-evidence from Ethiopia

Martha Negash

No 126793, 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil from International Association of Agricultural Economists

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: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.126793

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