UID:
almahu_9949427772602882
Format:
xii, 230 p. :
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ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786613172006
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9781350218673
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1350218677
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9781848138810
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1848138814
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9781283172004
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1283172003
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9781848138803
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1848138806
Series Statement:
Africa now
Content:
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.
Note:
"Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute."
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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.
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Also published in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848138780
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1848138784
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848138797
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1848138792
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350218673
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