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Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene
| Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 230 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.8096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MatondiProsper B
HavenevikKjell Atakilte Beyene |
| Collana | Africa Now |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomass energy - Africa
Land use - Africa Food security - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-84813-881-4
1-283-17200-3 9786613172006 1-84813-880-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461497703321 |
| London, : Zed Books, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.]
| Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.673096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AllanJ. A (John Anthony) |
| Collana | Routledge international handbooks Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Investments, Foreign - Africa
Land tenure - Africa Land use - Africa Natural resources - Africa Food security - Africa Water security - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-60658-5
9786613919038 1-136-27673-4 0-203-11094-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; The editors and contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Can improving returns to food-water in Africa meet African food needs and the needs of other consumers?; PART I The history of land grabs and the contradictions of development; 1.1 Enclosure revisited: putting the global land rush in historical perspective; 1.2 Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in southern Africa: historical land 'grabbing'
1.3 Sudan and its agricultural revival: a regional breadbasket at last or another mirage in the desert?1.4 The contradictions of development: primitive accumulation and geopolitics in the two Sudans; 1.5 The experience of land grabbing in Liberia; PART II Investors' profiles and current investment trends; 2.1 Chinese engagement in African agriculture: fiction and fact; 2.2 The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential; 2.3 A global enclosure: the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa; 2.4 Private investment in agriculture 2.5 Domestic land acquisition in West Africa: the rush for farmland by urban 'businessmen'2.6 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets; 2.7 Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia; 2.8 Tapping into Al-Andaluz resources: opportunities and challenges for investment in Morocco; 2.9 A blue revolution for Zambia? Large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs'; PART III The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.1 Claiming (back) the land: the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs 3.2 Land and water grabs and the green economy3.3 The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.4 Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa?; 3.5 How to govern the global rush for land and water?; 3.6 Keep calm and carry on: what we can learn from the three food price crises of the 1940s, 1970s and 2007-2008; 3.7 Constructing a new water future? An analysis of Ethiopia's current hydropower development; 3.8 Inverse globalisation? The global agricultural trade system and Asian investments in African land and water resources; PART IV Environment 4.1 Green and blue water dimensions of foreign direct investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Mali4.2 Green and blue water in Africa: how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification; 4.3 Groundwater in Africa: is there sufficient water to support the intensification of agriculture from 'land grabs'?; 4.4 The water resource implications for and of FDI projects in Africa: a biophysical analysis of opportunity and risk 4.5 Analyse to optimise: sustainable intensification of agricultural production through investment in integrated land and water management in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462345503321 |
| Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.]
| Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.673096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AllanJ. A (John Anthony) |
| Collana | Routledge international handbooks Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Investments, Foreign - Africa
Land tenure - Africa Land use - Africa Natural resources - Africa Food security - Africa Water security - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-136-27672-6
1-283-60658-5 9786613919038 1-136-27673-4 0-203-11094-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; The editors and contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Can improving returns to food-water in Africa meet African food needs and the needs of other consumers?; PART I The history of land grabs and the contradictions of development; 1.1 Enclosure revisited: putting the global land rush in historical perspective; 1.2 Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in southern Africa: historical land 'grabbing'
1.3 Sudan and its agricultural revival: a regional breadbasket at last or another mirage in the desert?1.4 The contradictions of development: primitive accumulation and geopolitics in the two Sudans; 1.5 The experience of land grabbing in Liberia; PART II Investors' profiles and current investment trends; 2.1 Chinese engagement in African agriculture: fiction and fact; 2.2 The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential; 2.3 A global enclosure: the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa; 2.4 Private investment in agriculture 2.5 Domestic land acquisition in West Africa: the rush for farmland by urban 'businessmen'2.6 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets; 2.7 Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia; 2.8 Tapping into Al-Andaluz resources: opportunities and challenges for investment in Morocco; 2.9 A blue revolution for Zambia? Large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs'; PART III The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.1 Claiming (back) the land: the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs 3.2 Land and water grabs and the green economy3.3 The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.4 Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa?; 3.5 How to govern the global rush for land and water?; 3.6 Keep calm and carry on: what we can learn from the three food price crises of the 1940s, 1970s and 2007-2008; 3.7 Constructing a new water future? An analysis of Ethiopia's current hydropower development; 3.8 Inverse globalisation? The global agricultural trade system and Asian investments in African land and water resources; PART IV Environment 4.1 Green and blue water dimensions of foreign direct investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Mali4.2 Green and blue water in Africa: how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification; 4.3 Groundwater in Africa: is there sufficient water to support the intensification of agriculture from 'land grabs'?; 4.4 The water resource implications for and of FDI projects in Africa: a biophysical analysis of opportunity and risk 4.5 Analyse to optimise: sustainable intensification of agricultural production through investment in integrated land and water management in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785855003321 |
| Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.]
| Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security / / editors, Tony Allan. [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.673096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AllanJ. A (John Anthony) |
| Collana | Routledge international handbooks Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Investments, Foreign - Africa
Land tenure - Africa Land use - Africa Natural resources - Africa Food security - Africa Water security - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-136-27672-6
1-283-60658-5 9786613919038 1-136-27673-4 0-203-11094-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; The editors and contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Can improving returns to food-water in Africa meet African food needs and the needs of other consumers?; PART I The history of land grabs and the contradictions of development; 1.1 Enclosure revisited: putting the global land rush in historical perspective; 1.2 Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in southern Africa: historical land 'grabbing'
1.3 Sudan and its agricultural revival: a regional breadbasket at last or another mirage in the desert?1.4 The contradictions of development: primitive accumulation and geopolitics in the two Sudans; 1.5 The experience of land grabbing in Liberia; PART II Investors' profiles and current investment trends; 2.1 Chinese engagement in African agriculture: fiction and fact; 2.2 The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential; 2.3 A global enclosure: the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa; 2.4 Private investment in agriculture 2.5 Domestic land acquisition in West Africa: the rush for farmland by urban 'businessmen'2.6 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets; 2.7 Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia; 2.8 Tapping into Al-Andaluz resources: opportunities and challenges for investment in Morocco; 2.9 A blue revolution for Zambia? Large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs'; PART III The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.1 Claiming (back) the land: the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs 3.2 Land and water grabs and the green economy3.3 The political economy of land and water grabs; 3.4 Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa?; 3.5 How to govern the global rush for land and water?; 3.6 Keep calm and carry on: what we can learn from the three food price crises of the 1940s, 1970s and 2007-2008; 3.7 Constructing a new water future? An analysis of Ethiopia's current hydropower development; 3.8 Inverse globalisation? The global agricultural trade system and Asian investments in African land and water resources; PART IV Environment 4.1 Green and blue water dimensions of foreign direct investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Mali4.2 Green and blue water in Africa: how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification; 4.3 Groundwater in Africa: is there sufficient water to support the intensification of agriculture from 'land grabs'?; 4.4 The water resource implications for and of FDI projects in Africa: a biophysical analysis of opportunity and risk 4.5 Analyse to optimise: sustainable intensification of agricultural production through investment in integrated land and water management in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812094603321 |
| Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Multifunctional land uses in Africa : sustainable food security solutions / / edited by Elisabeth Simelton and Madelene Ostwald
| Multifunctional land uses in Africa : sustainable food security solutions / / edited by Elisabeth Simelton and Madelene Ostwald |
| Autore | Simelton Elisabeth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 176 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 333.7313 |
| Collana | Earthscan food and agriculture |
| Soggetto topico |
Land use - Africa
Food security - Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
land use
environmental management innovation Africa food security poverty agriculture |
| ISBN | 0-429-28366-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Multifunctional land-use systems - a solution for food security in Africa? ElisabethSimelton, MadeleneOstwald and MosesOsiru 2. Nigerian climate-smart agriculture practices with scaling potential Simon A. Shomkegh 3. Treating shea trees as crops improves women's livelihoods in Burkina Faso JosiasSanou with HuguesR. Bazié and JulesBayala 4. Economic benefits from cassava in peri-urban multiple-cropping systems in Nigeria Anthony OjonimiOnoja 5. Integrated aquaculture: balancing food production systems and livelihoods in Kenya Geraldine K. Matolla 6. What integrated watershed management can deliver for the environment and livelihoods: the Ethiopian experience KassaTekaBelay 7. Smallholder maize-based systems: a piece of the puzzle for sustaining food security in Nigeria Julius B. Adewopo 8. Multifunctional land-use practices in Africa: what else do we need to do? ElisabethSimelton, MadeleneOstwald and MosesOsiru |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765873703321 |
Simelton Elisabeth
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| Taylor & Francis, 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pastoralism in Africa : past, present and future / / edited by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka
| Pastoralism in Africa : past, present and future / / edited by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Disciplina | 636.084/5096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BolligMichael
SchneggMichael WotzkaHans-Peter |
| Soggetto topico |
Pastoral systems - Africa
Pastoral systems - Africa - History Herding - Africa Herding - Africa - History Land use - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-85745-909-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Specialisation and diversification among African pastoral societies / Michael Bollig and Michael Schnegg -- Herders before pastoralism : prehistoric prelude in the eastern Sahara / Rudolph Kuper and Heiko Riemer -- 'I hope your cattle are well' : archaeological evidence for early cattle-centred behaviour in the eastern Sahara of Sudan and Chad / Friederike Jesse, Birgit Keding, Tilman Lenssen-Erz and Nadja Pöllath -- Trajectories to pastoralism in northern and central Kenya : an overview of the archaeological and environmental evidence / Paul Lane -- From first stock keepers to specialised pastoralists in the West African savanna / Veerle Linseele -- A short history of early herding in Southern Africa / Karim Sadr -- Establishing a pre-colonial 'modern' cattle and gun society : (re-)pastoralisation, mercantile capitalism and power amongst Herero in nineteenth century central Namibia / Dag Henrichsen -- The emergence of commercial ranching under state control and the encapsulation of pastoralism in African reserves / Christo Botha -- Land, boreholes and fences : the development of commercial livestock farming in the Outjo district, Namibia / Ute Dieckmann -- The political ecology of specialisation and diversification : long-term dynamics of pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya / Michael Bollig and Matthias Österle -- Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia / Michael Bollig -- Pastoral belonging : causes and consequences of part-time pastoralism in north-western Namibia / Michael Schnegg, Julia Pauli and Clemens Greiner -- State, conflict and pastoralism in contemporary eastern Chad : the case of Zaghawa-Tama relationships / Babett Jánszky and Grit Jungstand -- Unofficial trade when states are weak : the case of cross-border livestock trade in the Horn of Africa / Peter D. Little -- Pastoralism and trans-Saharan trade : transformation of a historical trade route between eastern Chad and Libya / Meike Meerpohl -- Pastoralism and nature conservation in Southern Africa / Susanne Berzborn and Martin Solich -- The indigenization of pastoral modernity : territoriality, mobility, and poverty in dryland Africa / John G. Galaty. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452928103321 |
| New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pastoralism in Africa : past, present and future / / edited by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka
| Pastoralism in Africa : past, present and future / / edited by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Disciplina | 636.084/5096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BolligMichael
SchneggMichael WotzkaHans-Peter |
| Soggetto topico |
Pastoral systems - Africa
Pastoral systems - Africa - History Herding - Africa Herding - Africa - History Land use - Africa |
| ISBN | 0-85745-909-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Specialisation and diversification among African pastoral societies / Michael Bollig and Michael Schnegg -- Herders before pastoralism : prehistoric prelude in the eastern Sahara / Rudolph Kuper and Heiko Riemer -- 'I hope your cattle are well' : archaeological evidence for early cattle-centred behaviour in the eastern Sahara of Sudan and Chad / Friederike Jesse, Birgit Keding, Tilman Lenssen-Erz and Nadja Pöllath -- Trajectories to pastoralism in northern and central Kenya : an overview of the archaeological and environmental evidence / Paul Lane -- From first stock keepers to specialised pastoralists in the West African savanna / Veerle Linseele -- A short history of early herding in Southern Africa / Karim Sadr -- Establishing a pre-colonial 'modern' cattle and gun society : (re-)pastoralisation, mercantile capitalism and power amongst Herero in nineteenth century central Namibia / Dag Henrichsen -- The emergence of commercial ranching under state control and the encapsulation of pastoralism in African reserves / Christo Botha -- Land, boreholes and fences : the development of commercial livestock farming in the Outjo district, Namibia / Ute Dieckmann -- The political ecology of specialisation and diversification : long-term dynamics of pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya / Michael Bollig and Matthias Österle -- Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia / Michael Bollig -- Pastoral belonging : causes and consequences of part-time pastoralism in north-western Namibia / Michael Schnegg, Julia Pauli and Clemens Greiner -- State, conflict and pastoralism in contemporary eastern Chad : the case of Zaghawa-Tama relationships / Babett Jánszky and Grit Jungstand -- Unofficial trade when states are weak : the case of cross-border livestock trade in the Horn of Africa / Peter D. Little -- Pastoralism and trans-Saharan trade : transformation of a historical trade route between eastern Chad and Libya / Meike Meerpohl -- Pastoralism and nature conservation in Southern Africa / Susanne Berzborn and Martin Solich -- The indigenization of pastoral modernity : territoriality, mobility, and poverty in dryland Africa / John G. Galaty. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790423503321 |
| New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Pastoralism in Africa : past, present and future / / edited by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka
| Pastoralism in Africa : past, present and future / / edited by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Disciplina | 636.084/5096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BolligMichael
SchneggMichael WotzkaHans-Peter |
| Soggetto topico |
Pastoral systems - Africa
Pastoral systems - Africa - History Herding - Africa Herding - Africa - History Land use - Africa |
| ISBN | 0-85745-909-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Specialisation and diversification among African pastoral societies / Michael Bollig and Michael Schnegg -- Herders before pastoralism : prehistoric prelude in the eastern Sahara / Rudolph Kuper and Heiko Riemer -- 'I hope your cattle are well' : archaeological evidence for early cattle-centred behaviour in the eastern Sahara of Sudan and Chad / Friederike Jesse, Birgit Keding, Tilman Lenssen-Erz and Nadja Pöllath -- Trajectories to pastoralism in northern and central Kenya : an overview of the archaeological and environmental evidence / Paul Lane -- From first stock keepers to specialised pastoralists in the West African savanna / Veerle Linseele -- A short history of early herding in Southern Africa / Karim Sadr -- Establishing a pre-colonial 'modern' cattle and gun society : (re-)pastoralisation, mercantile capitalism and power amongst Herero in nineteenth century central Namibia / Dag Henrichsen -- The emergence of commercial ranching under state control and the encapsulation of pastoralism in African reserves / Christo Botha -- Land, boreholes and fences : the development of commercial livestock farming in the Outjo district, Namibia / Ute Dieckmann -- The political ecology of specialisation and diversification : long-term dynamics of pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya / Michael Bollig and Matthias Österle -- Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia / Michael Bollig -- Pastoral belonging : causes and consequences of part-time pastoralism in north-western Namibia / Michael Schnegg, Julia Pauli and Clemens Greiner -- State, conflict and pastoralism in contemporary eastern Chad : the case of Zaghawa-Tama relationships / Babett Jánszky and Grit Jungstand -- Unofficial trade when states are weak : the case of cross-border livestock trade in the Horn of Africa / Peter D. Little -- Pastoralism and trans-Saharan trade : transformation of a historical trade route between eastern Chad and Libya / Meike Meerpohl -- Pastoralism and nature conservation in Southern Africa / Susanne Berzborn and Martin Solich -- The indigenization of pastoral modernity : territoriality, mobility, and poverty in dryland Africa / John G. Galaty. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806929003321 |
| New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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