Questions over future of Jamaican biofuel industry At the beginning of July 2011 it was announced that ‘Jamaica Ethanol Processing has shut down its ethanol plant’ following ‘three consecutive years... 06/10/2011
Agricultural dimensions of the WTO EU trade policy review The WTO has published its review of the trade policy of the EU, including a section on developments in the agricultural sector. The review provides... 30/08/2011
Biofuels and EU sugar sector reform USDA has published a GAIN report on ‘Industrial uses of sugar from sugar beet increasing in the EU’, released in April 2011. In the report, it is a... 05/07/2011
Agricultural policy: Senegal’s biofuel plans highlight the issues of food crop impact A report by Brazilian experts has estimated that Senegal could within three years be producing 28 million litres of ethanol a year, in addition to... 01/12/2010
USDA annual review of EU biofuels policy USDA has posted its annual review of EU biofuels policy. It points out that ‘the EU biofuels market largely depends on consumption mandates and inc... 06/08/2009
Developments in EU member states’ biofuel policies The USDA has produced an analysis of the evolution of EU member states’ biofuel policies in the light of concerns over high global food prices and... 05/02/2009
The FAO criticises OECD biofuel policies The FAO has called in its flagship publication The State of Food and Agriculture for a review of OECD biofuel policies and subsidies so as to ‘pres... 05/11/2008
OECD analysis of biofuel policies is posted According to a report from the OECD’s trade and agriculture directorate ‘government support of biofuel production in OECD countries is costly, has... 29/08/2008
The wider context of EU biofuel policy Addressing the European Policy Centre ‘Dialogue on biofuels’ the EU Agriculture Commissioner rejected efforts to ‘scapegoat’ EU biofuels policy fo... 05/06/2008
Biofuels are seen as putting pressure on cereals prices According to press reports research from the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington has warned that ‘if current plans for biof... 27/02/2008