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Assessment of Biofuel Resource Elasticity in APEC Economies, December 2009

975-Biofuel Resource
Published Date December 2009
Type of Publication Reports
Publication Under SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE), Energy Working Group (EWG)
Accessed 19544
Pages 83
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Description

The aim of this report is to review the literature on factors affecting growth rate of crop yields, particularly for the feedstocks used in the production of biofuels, and to investigate the elasticity of crop yields with respect to various factors.

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Review of Literature on Crop Yields, Prices and Technology
  • Agricultural Land Resource and Crop Yield in APEC Economies
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • APPENDIX: APEC Crop Yield Trends by Economy