Impact of EU biofuel policies on the French arable sector: A micro-level analysis using global market and farm-based supply models
| dc.creator | Louhichi, Kamel | |
| dc.creator | Valin, Hogo | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:51:44Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T08:36:30Z | |
| dc.description | This paper aims to ex-ante assess the micro-economic impacts of current EU biofuel policies on the French arable sector using an agricultural supply model (ASMMA) coupled with a computable general equilibrium model (MIRAGE-BioF). The application of this modelling framework confirms that biofuel policies would significantly affect the EU agricultural market, with price increase by 2020 as high as +40% in the case of rapeseed compared with a status quo at 2008 level. This would strongly impact land use and production of first-generation feedstock crops in France (rapeseed, cereals and sugar beets). The highest percentage increase would be in land dedicated to rapeseed (+50%), likely to occur in regions with a low initial rapeseed land share. This increase would boost farm income of most arable farms (+10% on average); however, the environment would face increase pressure from agricultural production with more use of pesticide (+5%) and increase in N2O emissions (+2.5%). | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.188057 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/188057/files/93%20_3__%20233-272.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/188057 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/600792 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/188057 | |
| dc.title | Impact of EU biofuel policies on the French arable sector: A micro-level analysis using global market and farm-based supply models | |
| dc.type | Text |