This introductory paper sets out the rationale for revisiting questions surrounding biofuel futures in Southern Africa and exploring the case for the establishment of a regional market.
Search
Mozambique is one of the most promising African countries for producing biofuels and the national biofuel policy of 2009 identifies measures to incentivize biofuel production.
Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia
Potential biofuel demand in South Africa is estimated to increase to 1550 million litres by 2025 due to mandatory blending rates. Land and water constraints, however, limit the ability for domestic production.
Policies for a sustainable biomass energy sector in Malawi: enhancing energy and food security simultaneously
The strong linkages to food security and the environment place biomass energy at the heart of sustainable development.
Reconciling food security and bioenergy
Sustainable food security and nutrition
Policies that are successful in fostering sustainable intensification are critical to current development efforts to alleviate poverty and hunger and foster food security and resilience (The Montpellier Panel, 2013).
Land use change and agricultural intensification: Key research questions and innovative approaches
This paper reviews land use modeling approaches for assessing the economic and environmental impacts of agri-cultural intensification.
Current international debates increasingly highlight the need to move countries towards more sustainable paths of development.