Jatropha: A promising crop for Africa's biofuel production?

Bioenergy for sustainable development in Africa

Volumn 9789400721814, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-40

  Van Eijck, Janske ^a   Smeets, Edward ^a   Faaij, André ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business model; Contract farming; Corporate centred model; Crop management system; Cultivation; Farmer centred model; Government centred model; Jatropha; Labour requirement; Outgrower; Outgrowers; Plantation; Socio economic impacts; Yields

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; OILS AND FATS; SEED;

BUSINESS MODELS; CONTRACT FARMING; CORPORATE-CENTERED MODEL; CORPORATES; CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FARMER-CENTERED MODEL; GOVERNMENT-CENTERED MODEL; JATROPHA; LABOUR REQUIREMENTS; OUTGROWER; PLANTATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; YIELD;

CULTIVATION;

EID: 84930987135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2181-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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