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Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene
| 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 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 230 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 307.720967 |
| Collana | Africa now |
| Soggetto topico |
Energy crops industry - Social aspects - Africa
Land use, Rural - Africa Food security - Africa Development studies |
| 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 | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910540328303321 |
| London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform [[electronic resource] /] / Prosper B. Matondi
| Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform [[electronic resource] /] / Prosper B. Matondi |
| Autore | Matondi Prosper B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed ; Palgrave, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | [xvii], 286 p. : map |
| Disciplina | 333.31 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MatondiProsper Bvumiranayi |
| Collana | Africa now |
| Soggetto topico | Land reform - Zimbabwe - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78032-151-1
1-283-74724-3 1-78032-150-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461989103321 |
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Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform / / Prosper B. Matondi
| Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform / / Prosper B. Matondi |
| Autore | Matondi Prosper B |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed ; Palgrave, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | [xvii], 286 p. : map |
| Disciplina | 333.3/16891 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MatondiProsper Bvumiranayi |
| Collana | Africa now |
| Soggetto topico | Land reform - Zimbabwe - History |
| ISBN |
1-350-22420-0
1-78032-151-1 1-283-74724-3 1-78032-150-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
AfricaNow; About the author; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Figures, tables and boxes; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Preface; Map: Zimbabwe's agro-ecological zones with study sites; 1 Understanding Fast Track Land Reforms in Zimbabwe; Introduction; Understanding the context from a local perspective; Fast track land reform radicalism and speeding up of the reforms; Decision-making in the turbulent times of the fast track; Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme as viewed in international discourse.
The changed and expanded agrarian base1.1 Agricultural land inventory as of 2011; Table 1.1 Agricultural land inventory as of 2011; 'Chaos theory' in relation to the Fast Track Land Reform Programme; Evolving central government and micro-relations following the Fast Track Land Reform Programme; Chapter overview; 2 Land occupations as the trigger for compulsory land acquisition; Introduction; Squatting before 2000 as a trigger for land acquisition; Land occupations after 2000; Understanding land acquisition; 2.1 Land: the constitution and legal framework of Zimbabwe, 1979-2009. Table 2.1 Land: the constitution and legal framework of Zimbabwe, 1979-2009Farms compulsorily acquired in Mazowe District; 2.2 Total number of farms in Mashonaland Central Province; Table 2.2 Total number of farms in Mashonaland Central Province; Broader reactions of white farmers to land occupations and compulsory land acquisition; Conclusions; 3 Interrogating land allocation; Introduction; Background to the politics of land allocation; Genesis of the models for land allocation; 3.1 Distribution of beneficiaries and land acquired; Table 3.1 Distribution of beneficiaries and land acquired. Procedures for allocating land to new beneficiariesThe attraction of Mazowe District to potential land applicants; 3.2 Summary of applicants for A2 plots in Mashonaland Central Province; Table 3.2 Summary of applicants for A2 plots in Mashonaland Central Province; 3.1 Steps in land allocation and occupation in the A1 scheme; Box 3.1 Steps in land allocation and occupation in the A1 scheme; 3.3 Percentages and categories of land beneficiaries in the A1 scheme; Table 3.3 Percentages and categories of land beneficiaries in the A1 scheme. 3.2 Steps in land allocation and occupation in the A2 schemeBox 3.2 Steps in land allocation and occupation inthe A2 scheme; 3.4 A2 beneficiaries in Mazowe according to a variety of reports and surveys; Table 3.4 A2 beneficiaries in Mazowe according to a variety of reports and surveys; 3.5 Selected schemes with high numbers of War Veterans and other security employees in Mazowe; Table 3.5 Selected schemes with high numbers of War Veterans and other security employees in Mazowe; 3.6 Distribution of farm sizes in Mazowe for A2 beneficiaries according to a variety of reports and surveys. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910530226703321 |
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| London, : Zed ; Palgrave, c2012 | ||
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