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Sustainable biofuels in Africa: cultivation of Jatropha curcas in Mali and Malawi

Policy publication by Nicola Favretto on 1 Nov 2010

Biofuel cultivation worldwide continues to increase in intensity and extent despite a lack of empirical data on the sustainability impacts. This briefing note reflects on two case studies from sub-Saharan Africa outlining the current context of the cultivation of the inedible, biodiesel crop Jatropha curcas (subsequently termed Jatropha). A variety of projects exist in both […]




Storage costs in commodity option pricing

Research article by on 18 Oct 2010

Unlike derivatives of financial contracts, commodity options exhibit distinct particularities owing to physical aspects of the underlying. An adaptation of no-arbitrage pricing to this kind of derivative turns out … read more »