Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene.

• Superior document: Africa now
• Author: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.
• TeilnehmendeR: Matondi, Prosper Bvumiranayi,; Havnevik, Kjell J.,; Atakilte Beyene,; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.
• Place / Publishing House: London, England : : Zed Books,, ©2011.; [London, England] : : Bloomsbury Publishing,, 2021
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Africa now (Zed Books)
• Physical Description: xii, 230 p. :; ill.
• Notes: "Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute."

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.

Table of Contents

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.