The objectives of this paper on energy demand and the capacity to adjust in the agricultural sector are: first, to establish a baseline for energy demand in agricultural production in the aggregate, by region, and by major type of crop and livestock farm; second, to evaluate the capacity of agricultural producers to adjust to real energy price changes and shocks as well as supply disruptions through input substitution and output adjustments; third, to assess how changing technology, improving energy efficiency, and growing agriculture productivity alter the capacity to adjust over time; and finally, to discuss the potential roles of government to achieve food and energy security.
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Paper provided by Iowa State University, Department of Economics in its series Staff General Research Papers with number
12629.
Length: 25 pages Date of creation: 16 May 2006 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:isu:genres:12629
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