Land-based Investments for Rural Development? A Grounded Analysis of the Local Impacts of Biofuel Feedstock Plantations in Ghana

The rapidly growing biofuel sector in Africa has, in recent years, been received with divided interest. As part of a contemporary wave of agricultural modernization efforts, it could make invaluable contributions to rural poverty. Conversely, it could also engender socioeconomically and environmenta...

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Main Authors: George C. Schoneveld, Laura A. German, Eric Nutakor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2011-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss4/art10/