ASIATIC: Agriculture and small to medium scale industries in peri-urban areas through ethanol production for transport in china

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0389

Key words (English)

Coordination; Cooperation; Economic Aspects; Scientific Research

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ICA4-CT2002-10023

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 2.3 Developing countries

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

According to an analysis of the existing and future demand in gasoline in China's transportation sector, and the necessary request in oxygenated additives (MTBE, ethanol) in order to replace lead as octane booster, this proposal aims to give answers to the following question: How to produce and use bio ethanol, in a sustainable way with a mutual benefit between rural and urban people? This analysis based upon two case studies in Liaoning and GuangXi Provinces. This sustainability will be studied in terms of economy (micro and macro), environmental impacts, and social impacts (competition between food, feed and fuel, land use, job creation in rural areas) . Finally, the proposed scenarios will be discussed with a group of regional stakeholders in order to test their acceptability, to implement them in the two provinces and to envisage their feasibility in other Asian areas.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
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CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 01.0389