Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene.
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.
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| Superior document: | Africa now |
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| 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)
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| Physical Description: | xii, 230 p. :; ill. |
| Notes: | "Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute." |
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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.