Policy challenges related to biofuel development in Tanzania;Politische herausforderungen in bezug auf biokraftstoffe in Tansania

Africa Spectrum

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-129

  Sosovele, Hussein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Energy policy; Environmental damage; Food security; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955829954     PISSN: 00020397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000203971004500105     Document Type: Article

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