Food or biofuels - must we choose? The example of Burkina Faso

Alimentation ou agrocarburant, faut-il choisir ? L'exemple du Burkina Faso

Marie Hélène Dabat () and Joël Blin ()
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Marie Hélène Dabat: UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Joël Blin: UPR Biomasse-énergie - Biomasse-énergie - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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Abstract: Would the Southern countries benefit from producing biofuels? This is the subject of heated debate. For some, biofuels are a factor of development; for others, they compete with food production. Proand anti-biofuel positions are based as much on personal beliefs as on substantiated arguments. The case of Burkina Faso demonstrates how this question can be answered at country level.

Keywords: BURKINA FASO; SECURITE ALIMENTAIRE; FOOD SECURITY; AGROCARBURANT; BIOFUEL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-05
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Published in Perspective, 2011, N° 8, 4 p. ⟨10.18167/agritrop/00015⟩

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DOI: 10.18167/agritrop/00015

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