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Institutional arrangements for biofuel feedstock production in Zambia

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  • Paul C. Samboko
  • Cliff Dlamini

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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.

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  • Paul C. Samboko & Cliff Dlamini, 2017. "Institutional arrangements for biofuel feedstock production in Zambia," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-54, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2017-54
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