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Jatropha Assessment. Agronomy, socio-economic issues, and ecology. Facts from literature.
van Jaj Janske Eijck,Ewm Smeets,HA Henny Romijn,AJ Annelies Balkema,Ree Jongschaap +4 more
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This report summarises the agronomy, socio-economic issues, and ecology facts from literature on Jatropha to formulate recommendations and policy guidelines to stimulate best project practices and to avoid the promotion of unviable or unsustainable practices.Abstract:
Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) has been promoted as a potential renewable energy source for many of its advantageous properties in comparison to other biomass feedstock. This report summarises the agronomy, socio-economic issues, and ecology facts from literature on Jatropha. Such an overview is essential to formulate recommendations and policy guidelines to stimulate best project practices and also help to avoid the promotion of unviable or unsustainable practices.read more
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Global experience with jatropha cultivation for bioenergy: An assessment of socio-economic and environmental aspects
TL;DR: In this article, an assessment of key economic, environmental and social issues pertaining to jatropha bio-fuels, based on almost 150 studies covering 26 countries, is presented, aiming to furnish a state-of-the-art overview and identify knowledge gaps.
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Comparative analysis of key socio-economic and environmental impacts of smallholder and plantation based jatropha biofuel production systems in Tanzania
Janske van Eijck,HA Henny Romijn,Edward Smeets,Edward Smeets,Rob Bailis,Martijn Rooijakkers,Nelleke Hooijkaas,Pita A. Verweij,André Faaij +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, two jatropha business models are compared on seven key sustainability areas of concern, which are operationalized into various quantitative and qualitative indicators, and the assessment is based on two Tanzanian real-life cases.
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The Rise, Fall and Potential Resilience Benefits of Jatropha in Southern Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider two such projects, a small-holder-based project in Malawi and a large-scale plantation in Mozambique, and identify what seems to be working in these projects and provide insights as to why other projects may have failed in southern Africa and whether there is still place for jatropha in the region.
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Biofuel development in Ghana: policies of expansion and drivers of failure in the jatropha sector
TL;DR: A literature review synthesizes the key drivers of failure of the jatropha sector in Ghana as identified in the literature, and complemented through site visits and expert interviews as mentioned in this paper.
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The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation
Verena Bitzer,Ralph Hamann +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the emergence of social and environmental innovation is often associated with individual efforts of social entrepreneurs, organizational transformation in incumbent businesses, and/or cross-sector partnerships as collective efforts.