Growing concerns about the impacts of climate change and
dependence on fossil fuels have intensified interest in bioenergy
from sugar cane and other crops, highlighting important links
between energy, environment and development goals. Sub-Saharan
Africa is characterized by severe poverty; the possibility to
exploit a renewable energy resource offers valuable avenues for
sustainable development and could support a more dynamic and
competitive economy. This book describes how the bioenergy
expansion will improve rural livelihoods, reduce costly energy
imports, reduce GHG emissions, and offer new development paths.
Drawing on international experience, it is shown that harnessing
this potential will require significant increases in investment,
technology transfer, and international cooperation. Because of its
high efficiency, the authors argue that sugar cane should be viewed
as a global resource for sustainable development and should command
much greater focus and concerted policy action. Through an analysis
of the agronomy, land suitability and industrial processing of
sugar cane and its co-products, along with an assessment of the
energy, economic and environmental implications, this volume
demonstrates that sugar cane offers a competitive and
environmentally beneficial resource for Africa's economic
development and energy security.
With fourty-four authors representing thirty organisations in
sixteen countries, the book offers a truly international and
interdisciplinary perspective by combining technical and economic
principles with social, political and environmental assessment and
policy analysis.
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