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Due for publication on 19 Oct 2010 - can be pre-ordered
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- Product code: 373534
ISBN13: 9781844077199,
192 pages, hardback
Published by Earthscan in 2010
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Description of Biofuels and Rural Poverty |
"Biofuels and Rural Poverty" makes a unique contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries. Three key concerns are examined with a North-South perspective: ecological issues (related to land use and biodiversity), pro-poor policies (related to food and land security, gender and income generation) and equity of benefits within the global value chain. Can biofuels be pro-poor? Can smallholder farmers be equitably integrated in the biofuels global supply chain? Is the biofuels supply chain detrimental to biodiversity? Most other books available on biofuels take a technical approach and are aimed at addressing energy security or climate change issues. This book breaks new ground by looking at the production of biofuels from another perspective: the role of biofuels in reducing rural poverty.
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About Joy Clancy and Jon Lovett |
Joy Clancy is Associate Professor in Technology and Development at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. She has published extensively on development, energy and poverty. Jon Lovett is Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Twente and Director of the Centre for Ecology, Law and Policy at the University of York., UK.
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