An assessment of the potential of drylands in eight sub-Saharan African countries to produce bioenergy feedstocks

Interface Focus

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-270

  Watson, H K ^a   Diaz Chavez, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa's drylands; Bioenergy feedstocks production; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857060607     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2010.0022     Document Type: Review

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