Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa /

Examines the effects of large-scale biofuel production, seen as having a positive impact on African national economies and greenhouse gases. Finds negative implications as well, especially in developmental and environmental areas.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Matondi, Prosper Bvumiranayi, Havnevik, Kjell J., Atakilte Beyene
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, ©2011.
Collection:Africa now (Zed Books)
Sujets:
Energy crops industry > Social aspects > Africa.
Land use, Rural > Africa.
Food security > Africa.
Cultures énergétiques > Industrie > Aspect social > Afrique.
Utilisation agricole du sol > Afrique.
Sécurité alimentaire > Afrique.
biofuels.
natural resources.
food security.
africa.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Rural.
Food security
Land use, Rural
Biobränslen > Afrika.
Naturresurser > Afrika.
Africa
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Grabbing of African lands for energy and food : implications for land rights, food security and smallholders / Kjell Havnevik
  • Biofuel governance : a matter of discursive and actor intermesh / Marie Widengård
  • Peak oil and climate change : triggers of the drive for biofuel production / Rune Skarstein
  • Attracting foreign direct investment in Africa in the context of land grabbing for biofuels and food security / Prosper B. Matondi and Patience Mutopo
  • Smallholder-led transformation towards biofuel production in Ethiopia / Atakilte Beyene
  • Biofuel, land and environmental issues : the case of SEKAB's biofuel plans in Tanzania / Kjell Havnevik and Hanne Haaland
  • Agro-investments in Zimbabwe at a time of redistributive land reforms / Prosper B. Matondi
  • Competition between biofuel and food? : evidence from a jatropha biodiesel project in Northern Ghana / Festus Boamah
  • Conclusion : land grabbing, smallholder farmers and the meaning of agro-investor-driven agrarian change in Africa / Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene.

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