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Record Nr.

UNINA9910540328303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21867-7

1-84813-881-4

1-283-17200-3

9786613172006

1-84813-880-6

Descrizione fisica

xii, 230 p. : ill

Collana

Africa now

Disciplina

307.720967

Soggetti

Energy crops industry - Social aspects - Africa

Land use, Rural - Africa

Food security - Africa

Development studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.