Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene.

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Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
Descriptionxii, 230 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Energy crops industry--Social aspects. --Africa.
Land use, Rural--Africa.
Food security--Africa.

Other author/creatorMatondi, Prosper Bvumiranayi.
Other author/creatorHavnevik, Kjell J.
Other author/creatorAtakilte Beyene.
Other author/creatorNordiska Afrikainstitutet.
SeriesAfrica now
Africa now (Zed Books) ^A1143809
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.
Abstract 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.
General note"Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 206-220) and index.
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LCCN 2011284618
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