Biofuel Expansion, Fertilizer Use, and GHG Emissions: Unintended Consequences of Mitigation Policies

Table 1

FAPRI-CARD model inputs and output.

Exogenous inputs	Population, GDP, GDP deflator, exchange rate, population, policy variables
Historical data; (inputs)	Production, consumption, exports, imports, ending stocks, Domestic prices, world prices
Commodities
Grains	Corn, wheat, sorghum, barley
Oilseeds	soybeans, rapeseed, sunflower
Livestock products	beef, poultry, pork
Dairy	milk, cheese, butter
Sugar
Ethanol/biodiesel
Major countries/regions
North America	United States, Canada, Mexico
South America	Brazil, Argentina, and so forth*
Asia	China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and so forth*
Africa	South Africa, Egypt, and so forth*
European Union
Australia,; New Zealand
Middle East
Output by commodity; and country	World prices, domestic prices, production, consumption, net trade, stocks, area harvested, yield

∗In the interest of space, not all 58 countries/regions are listed.