Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/163053 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/85
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The Southern African region, from a purely biophysical perspective, has huge potential for biofuel production, especially in Mozambique and Zambia. Although many of the soils are sandy and acidic, with careful management and correct fertilization, they should be highly productive. We suggest that sugarcane is the crop most easily mobilized for biofuel. A number of other crops, such as sweet sorghum, cassava, and tropical sugar beet, have good potential but will need further agronomic and processing technology investigations.
Subjects: 
biofuel
Southern Africa
production potential
crop yields
sugarcane
cassava
JEL: 
Q40
Q42
Q16
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-309-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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