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Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa

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Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene.
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London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2011.
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  • Matondi, Prosper Bvumiranayi.
  • Havnevik, Kjell J.
  • Atakilte Beyene.
  • Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.
Description
xii, 230 p. : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
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.
Series Statement
Africa now
Uniform Title
Africa now (Zed Books)
Subjects
Note
  • "Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-220) and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
Sc E 12-288
ISBN
  • 9781848138797 (alk. paper)
  • 1848138792 (alk. paper)
  • 9781848138780 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1848138784 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011284618
OCLC
681872574
Title
Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene.
Imprint
London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2011.
Series
Africa now
Africa now (Zed Books)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-220) and index.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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Matondi, Prosper Bvumiranayi.
Havnevik, Kjell J.
Atakilte Beyene.
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.
Research Call Number
Sc E 12-288
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