A pro-poor biofuel? Household wealth and farmer participation in Jatropha curcas seed production and exchange in eastern Zambia

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 187-197

  Kuntashula, Elias ^a   van der Horst, Dan ^b   Vermeylen, Saskia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels policy; Eastern Zambia; Farmer participation; Jatropha curcas hedges; Wealth index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; WOODEN FENCES;

BIOFUELS POLICIES; EASTERN ZAMBIA; FARMER PARTICIPATION; JATROPHA CURCAS; WEALTH INDEX;

SEED;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY POLICY; HARVESTING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INVESTMENT; LABOR; POVERTY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SHRUB; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ZAMBIA;

JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 84897462231     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.01.051     Document Type: Article

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