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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wheat flour-derived amyloid fibrils for efficient removal of organic dyes from contaminated water

Bioresources and Bioprocessing
Amyloid fibrils derived from different proteins have been proved as a promising material for adsorption of various pollutants from wastewater, which showed advantages of low cost and eco-friendliness.
Dan-Dan Yang, Fu-Xiang Chang, Bo-Fan Zhang, Yang-Chun Yong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate Change Agricultural Comparative Advantage and the US Trade Balance

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Current science indicates that warming and elevated atmospheric CO2 will have ambiguous results for crop productivity depending on crop type and geographic location, whereas increased heat stress makes livestock and human labor less productive.
Elizabeth A. Fraysse, Thomas W. Hertel, Roman Keeney   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of a Salt-Tolerant and Cold-Adapted Xylanase from Bacillus cellulosilyticus

BioResources, 2016
A xylanase (Xyn10A) gene from the saline-alkali-tolerant microorganism Bacillus cellulosilyticus DSM 2522 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3).
Jianzhong Sun, Sailing Shi, Jian Wu, Rongrong Xie, Alei Geng, Dao Chen Zhu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-level production of nervonic acid in the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica by systematic metabolic engineering

Communications Biology, 2023
Nervonic acid benefits the treatment of neurological diseases and the health of brain. In this study, we employed the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to overproduce nervonic acid oil by systematic metabolic engineering.
Hang Su, Penghui Shi, Zhaoshuang Shen, Huimin Meng, Ziyue Meng, Xingfeng Han, Yanna Chen, Weiming Fan, Yun Fa, Chunyu Yang, Fuli Li, Shi’an Wang   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

125th anniversary review: fuel alcohol: current production and future challenges [PDF]

, 2011
Global research and industrial development of liquid transportation biofuels are moving at a rapid pace. This is mainly due to the significant roles played by biofuels in decarbonising our future energy needs, since they act to mitigate the deleterious ...
Walker, Graeme M.
core   +3 more sources

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source

The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun, John Beghin, Fernando Maximiliano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Beads for Cationic Dye Adsorption

BioResources, 2022
Toxic organic dyes present in wastewater should be removed before discharge. In this study, TEMPO-oxidized, regenerated cellulose beads were prepared using a simple falling ball technique for cationic methylene blue (MB) removal.
Qianqian Wang, Simeng Liu, Honglei Chen, Jun Liu, Qianqian Zhu   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources