Institutional arrangements for biofuel feedstock production in Zambia

Paul C. Samboko and Cliff Dlamini

No wp-2017-54, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Given likely increases in biofuel demand across Southern Africa, we identify suitable production models in Zambia for the Southern African market. This is crucial given, on the one hand, the problems of contract failure and transaction costs that plague outgrower models in Southern Africa and, on the other, the uniqueness of crops with respect to input requirements and characteristics. In this paper, we review existing cash crop production models that can be used for biofuel feedstock production in Zambia with a special focus on sugarcane and seed cotton.

Keywords: Biofuel; Feedstocks; Institutional Arrangements Zambia; Southern Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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