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UNINA9910540328303321 |
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Titolo |
Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011 |
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[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-21867-7 |
1-84813-881-4 |
1-283-17200-3 |
9786613172006 |
1-84813-880-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Energy crops industry - Social aspects - Africa |
Land use, Rural - Africa |
Food security - Africa |
Development studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-220) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 / |
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Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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