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Land and agronomic potential for biofuel production in Southern Africa [1]

This report considers the potential availability of land and crops for biofuel expansion in Southern Africa. It is based on a regional-level review of data and is designed to highlight regional-level opportunities and constraints. It does not attempt to concentrate on specific national-level issues (which are covered in more detail in two case studies in this series, one for Mozambique and one for Zambia); nor does it consider the multitude of social factors that might provide either opportunities for or constraints to biofuel expansion.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2017
Graham von Maltitz [2], Marna van der Merwe [3]
UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) [4]
Tags:
Biofuel [5], South Africa [6], Mozambique [7], Zambia [8], Bio Fuel Crops [9], Croplands [10], Agriculture [11]
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