Land-based investments for rural development? A grounded analysis of the local impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Schoneveld, George C ^a,b   German, Laura A ^a   Nutako, Eric ^c  

^a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Dispossession; Ghana; Land grabbing; Land tenure; Rural development

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; LAND TENURE; LAND USE; MODERNIZATION; PLANTATION; POVERTY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 84930479010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04424-160410     Document Type: Article

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