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Bioenergy in developing countries experiences and prospects: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges

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  • Kammen, Daniel M.

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"Biomass energy programs offer a wide range of potential benefits for developing countries. Already traditional biomass products like firewood, charcoal, manure, and crop residues provide the main source of household energy use for some 2–3 billion people in the developing world, and this demand is likely to grow in the years ahead. But new technologies for commercial energy production from biomass are emerging that could lead to dramatic new opportunities for agriculture and the rural sector, as well as help developing countries reduce their dependence on expensive oil imports. Both the traditional and the new options for biomass energy pose challenges that will require technology and policy solutions to ensure efficient, healthy, and environmentally sustainable outcomes... In the household fuel and health sector, tremendous gains in fuel reduction and health improvement are possible through the design and dissemination of improved stoves. At the same time, significant benefits to forest sustainability and biomass production are achievable by enforcing sustainable forest and agricultural waste management strategies." from Text

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  • Kammen, Daniel M., 2006. "Bioenergy in developing countries experiences and prospects: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges," 2020 vision briefs 14(10), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:2020br:14(10)
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    1. Idoma Kim & Muhammad Isma’il, 2014. "Growing Demand for Biofuel and its Impact on Sustainable Rural Development in Nigeria," Economy, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 1(1), pages 1-4.
    2. Hertel, Thomas W. & Verma, Monika & Bouet, Antoine & Cranfield, John A. & Preckel, Paul V., 2007. "Global Nutrition Impacts of Rapid Economic Growth in China and India," Conference papers 331583, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    3. Kebede, Ellene & Kagochi, John & Jolly, Curtis M., 2010. "Energy consumption and economic development in Sub-Sahara Africa," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 532-537, May.

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