Options for suitable biofuel farming: Experience from Southern Africa

Arbeitspapier

Southern African countries' interest in biofuel is due of its rural development potential. Finding models to optimize this benefit is therefore paramount. High-energy-density crops with low perishability allow farmers to grow small quantities on existing lands. Highly perishable, low-density crops such as sugarcane require tight integration between growers and mills. Models where growers have full ownership in the feedstock production facilities are possible, but this normally means that smallholder farmers need to work as a unit to achieve benefits of scale. Finding market-based mechanisms to ensure sound and equitable returns for land and labour inputs is critical.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-324-0
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2017/100

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices ; Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness ; Alternative Energy Sources
• Thema: biofuel ; jatropha ; sugarcane ; rural development ; ethanol ; Southern Africa

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): von Maltitz, Graham
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/324-0
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/163073
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ