Livestock

Modeling biofuels policies in general equilibrium: insights, pitfalls and opportunities

Over the past decade, biofuels production in the EU and US has boomed – much of this due to government mandates and subsidies. The US has now surpassed Brazil as the world’s leading
producer of ethanol. The economic and environmental impact of these biofuel programs has become an important question of public policy. Due to the complex intersectoral linkages

Publication Date:

01/06/2010

Author(s): & et al, Thomas W. Hertel, Alla Golub, Farzad Taheripour

Source: GTAP

Tags:

Land Use, Livestock, Ethanol, Green House Gases, Economy, Energy Policy, Biofuel, India, Global, European Union (EU), Energy

Energy

Biogas may end power woes

As implausible as it sounds, cattle poop can generate the electric power to light up thousands of households in Punjab, which has a livestock population of five and a half million buffalos and 1.2 million cows.

Publication Date:

22/09/2009

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Livestock, Buffalo, Dairy Development, Energy, Biogas, World Bank, Punjab, Ludhiana (D), Rajasthan

Energy

Indonesia's Texas? Rural Java Braces For Oil Boom

Few things seem to happen at speed in this sleepy Java town where rickshaws ply the streets. But this rural area of rice fields and teak forests is set to be transformed by Indonesia's biggest oil find in years.

Publication Date:

11/08/2009

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Tags:

Forests, Agriculture, Rice, Livestock, Irrigation, Energy, Natural Gas, Oil Exploration, Indonesia

Energy

Turkmenistan offers export of electricity: protocol for gas supply project signed

Pakistan and Turkmenistan have signed a protocol wherein the two countries agreed to speed up the project for supply of gas from Turkmenistan to Pakistan. In addition to this, the Turkmenistan government has also offered export of electricity to Pakistan.

Publication Date:

06/08/2009

Source: Business Recorder (Pakistan)

Tags:

Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, WTO, Energy, Electricity, Pakistan, Turkmenistan

Energy

Bioenergy - a new opportunity or a major threat to pastoralism?

Can pastoral communities benefit from the cultivation of biofuel crops? Work carried out by SOS Sahel International U K to facilitate debate and understanding on the current biofuel boom in dryland Africa points to some interesting possibilities. At the same time many questions need to be answered before pastoralists can benefit from bioenergy production.

Publication Date:

01/03/2009

Author(s): Daniel McGahey

Source: Haramata

Vol:

0

Issue:

54

pp:

14

Tags:

Wastelands, Wasteland Development, Dryland Farming, Bio Fuel Crops, Livestock, Biofuel, Energy, Africa

Economy

Statistical pocket book India 2008

The present issue of the publication viz. Statistical Pocket Book, India 2008, which is the 46th edition in the series gives data on various socio economic trends prevailing in the country on an All India basis. The publication contains data for the latest 3 years besides the data for the base year as 1990-91 for comparative purposes.

Publication Date:

01/02/2009

Source: Central Statistical Organisation

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