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Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa (Hardcover)
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Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa (Hardcover)
Series: Africa Now
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Energy crises and climate change have generated global demands for
alternative non-fossil fuel sources. This has led to a rapid
increase of investments in production of liquid biofuels based on
agricultural feed stocks such as sugar cane. Most African
governments see biofuels as a potential for increasing agricultural
productivity and export incomes and thus strengthening their
national economies, improving energy balances and rural employment.
At the same time climate change may be addressed through reduction
of green house gas emissions. There are, however, a number of
uncertainties mounting that challenge this scenario. Using in-depth
African case studies -- with Brazil as a comparative reference --
this book addresses this knowledge gap by examining the impacts of
large-scale biofuel production on African agriculture, particularly
with regard to vital land outsourcing and food security issues. The
surge for African biofuels has also opened space for private
investors -- both domestic and external -- to multiply and network
"independently" of the state. The biofuel expansion thus generates
new economic alliances and production relations, resulting in new
forms of inclusions and exclusions within the rural population.
This is an essential book for anyone wishing to understand the
startling impact of biofuels on Africa.
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