Options for suitable biofuel farming: Experience from Southern Africa

Graham von Maltitz

No wp-2017-100, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Southern African countries' interest in biofuel is due of its rural development potential. Finding models to optimize this benefit is therefore paramount. High-energy-density crops with low perishability allow farmers to grow small quantities on existing lands. Highly perishable, low-density crops such as sugarcane require tight integration between growers and mills. Models where growers have full ownership in the feedstock production facilities are possible, but this normally means that smallholder farmers need to work as a unit to achieve benefits of scale.

Keywords: Biofuel; Jatropa; Sugarcane; Rural development; Ethanol; Southern Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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