An edition of Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa
(2011)
Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa
by Prosper Bvumiranayi Matondi, Kjell J. Havnevik, and Atakilte Beyene
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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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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.
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"Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-220) and index.
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