William T. Coyle

Publications (2)0 Total impact

• Article: Supply Chains and Rural Development in the Asia Pacific Region

  Walter J. Armbruster, William T. Coyle
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  ABSTRACT: Rapid income growth and urbanization are having profound impacts on the food system, food producers and rural areas in the developing Asia Pacific economies. Meeting the challenge of rural development will depend on better integrating rural areas with fast-growing urban areas where the composition of food demand is changing and the logistics of supply are growing more complex. Possible government options include investment in transportation infrastructure—roads, railroads and waterway—and providing rural communities and small-scale producers the tools they need to better adapt to the rapid spread of modern supermarkets and their supply chains.
  Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia. 01/2008;
• Article: The Future Role of Biofuels in the Asia-Pacific Region

  William T. Coyle, Walter J. Armbruster
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  ABSTRACT: There is growing interest in agriculture as a source of bio-fuels to replace petroleum-based transportation fuels. Ethanol production has more than doubled from 2000 to 2005 but still accounts for less than two percent of the world’'s transportation petrol supply. The future role of bio-fuels will be determined by continuation of high oil prices, availability of low cost feed stocks and favorable government policy. Possible government strategies include a strong policy commitment to reduce investment risk in the biofuel sector, public support for commercializing second generation biofuel, and accounting for country-specific agricultural and economic realities.
  Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2007 Conference (51st), February 13-16, 2007, Queenstown, New Zealand. 01/2007;