Land and agronomic potential for biofuel production in Southern Africa

Arbeitspapier

The Southern African region, from a purely biophysical perspective, has huge potential for biofuel production, especially in Mozambique and Zambia. Although many of the soils are sandy and acidic, with careful management and correct fertilization, they should be highly productive. We suggest that sugarcane is the crop most easily mobilized for biofuel. A number of other crops, such as sweet sorghum, cassava, and tropical sugar beet, have good potential but will need further agronomic and processing technology investigations.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-309-7
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2017/85

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Energy: General ; Alternative Energy Sources ; Agricultural R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
• Subject: biofuel ; Southern Africa ; production potential ; crop yields ; sugarcane ; cassava

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): von Maltitz, Graham ; van der Merwe, Marna
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/309-7
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/163053
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET