Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa /
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Matondi, Prosper B
; Matondi, Prosper Bvumiranayi; Havnevik, Kjell J; Atakilte Beyene; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.
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BookSeries: Africa now (Zed Books): Publisher: London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2011Description: xii, 230 p. : maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781848138797 (alk. paper); 1848138792 (alk. paper); 9781848138780 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1848138784 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Energy crops industry -- Social aspects -- Africa | Land use, Rural -- Africa | Food security -- Africa | biofuels | natural resources | food security | africa | Biobränslen -- Afrika | Naturresurser -- AfrikaOnline resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only | Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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KAMPALA UNIVERSITY, JINJA General Section | HD9502.5.B543 2011 (Browse shelf) | C1 | Available | Material available in hard copy | 2018-0825 |
"Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-220) and index.
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.
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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