Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011 |
| [London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | xii, 230 p. : ill |
| Disciplina: | 307.720967 |
| Soggetto topico: | Energy crops industry - Social aspects - Africa |
| Land use, Rural - Africa | |
| Food security - Africa | |
| Development studies | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | MatondiProsper Bvumiranayi |
| HavnevikKjell J. | |
| Atakilte Beyene | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | "Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa |
| ISBN: | 1-350-21867-7 |
| 1-84813-881-4 | |
| 1-283-17200-3 | |
| 9786613172006 | |
| 1-84813-880-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910540328303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Africa now (Zed Books)