@article{Negash:126793, recid = {126793}, author = {Negash, Martha}, title = {Biofuels and Food Security: Micro-evidence from Ethiopia}, address = {2012}, number = {1007-2016-79411}, series = {Paper}, pages = {38}, year = {2012}, abstract = {This paper provides microeconomic evidence on food security impacts of privately organized biofuel outgrower schemes in Ethiopia. We conducted a household and community level survey and evaluated the impact of castor bean farming. We use endogenous switching regressions to analyze the impact on food security. Food security (as measured by a “food gap”) and food caloric intake is significantly better in households producing castor beans. “Fuel” and “food” are complements rather than substitutes at the micro-level in castor production in Ethiopia.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126793}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.126793}, }