Household level spillover effects from biofuels: Evidence from castor in Ethiopia

Food Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 55-65

  Riera, Olivia ^a,c   Swinnen, Johan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Contract farming; Ethiopia; Food security; Productivity; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CONTRACT FARMING; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; PRODUCTIVITY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84953224104     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.12.011     Document Type: Article

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