Biofuels, food security and developing economies / Nazia Mintz-Habib.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mintz-Habib, Nazia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomass energy industries--Developing countries.

Biomass energy industries.

Food security--Developing countries.

Food security.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xviii, 219 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Adequacies of policy informing frameworks used to promote the global biofuels market 8

1.2 The need for reassessment 14

1.3 Major contributions of this book 18

2 An innovative framework 22

2.1 The IFS framework 24

2.2 Understanding concepts used in the IFS framework 26

2.3 Limitations of the IFS framework 36

2.4 Operationalization of the IFS and the analytic process 38

3 Bio fuels, biodiesel, and regulations 51

3.1 Biofuels market development 53

3.2 Biodiesel and jatropha diesel 61

3.3 Global biofuels regulatory frameworks and economic assessments 67

3.4 Conclusion 81

4 The Tanzanian biofuels experience 84

4.1 Case study description 85

4.2 National institutional and infrastructural assessment 87

4.3 State level agro-economy and bio fuels institutional assessment 92

4.4 Biofuels companies at the local level 96

4.5 Conclusion 105

5 The Malaysian biofuels experience 109

5.1 Case study description 111

5.2 National institutional and infrastructural assessment 113

5.3 State level agro-economy and biofuels institutional assessment 118

5.4 Biofuels companies at the local level 125

5.5 Conclusion 130

6 Looking forward while leaning backward 134

6.1 International political economy of biofuels and jatropha 135

6.2 National institutional economy of biofuels and jatropha 141

6.3 The local socio-political economy of biofuels and jatropha 149

6.4 Conclusion 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415729703

041572970X

OCLC:

938343442