Reprint
Advances in Food and Non-Food Biomass Production, Processing and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa
Towards a Basis for a Regional Bioeconomy
Edited by
May 2020
446 pages
- ISBN978-3-03928-668-3 (Paperback)
- ISBN978-3-03928-669-0 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Advances in Food and Non-Food Biomass Production, Processing and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Basis for a Regional Bioeconomy that was published in
Business & Economics
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary
The bioeconomy concept aims to add sustainability to the production, transformation, and trade of biological goods. Though implemented around the world, the development of national bioeconomies is uneven, especially in the global South, where major challenges exist in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this context, the international BiomassWeb project aimed to underpin the bioeconomy concept by applying the value web approach, which seeks to uncover complex interlinked value webs instead of linear value chains. The project also aimed to develop intervention options to strengthen and optimize the synergies and trade-offs among different value chains. The Special Issue “Advances in Food and Non-Food Biomass Production, Processing and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward a Basis for a Regional Bioeconomy" compiles 23 articles produced in this framework. The articles are grouped in four sections: the value web approach; the production side; processing, transformation and trade; and global views.
Format
- Paperback
License
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
contract farming; contract design; cassava; bioeconomy; Ghana; adoption; land-use; deforestation; food security; renewable energy; collaboration; leadership; push–pull technology; sustainability; transdisciplinary research; Ethiopia; demand-driven research; Biomass; innovation; Ghana; husk; pulp; parchment; mucilage; methane; renewable energy; bioeconomy; green economy; sustainable development; bioproductivity; high-tech bioeconomy; knowledge-based bioeconomy; primary sector; typology; cluster analysis; food and non-food benefit; homegarden; multipurpose tree on farmland; multistorey coffee system; multi-functionality; traditional agroforestry; Yayu Biosphere Reserve; yellow cassava; sustainability; cassava variants; cassava processing; carotenoids retention; amylose; bioeconomy; governance; development policy; innovation; technology; bio-based; mixed methods; richness; edible; food bearing; neighborhoods; maize; Policy Analysis Matrix; comparative advantage; probit; Ghana; cassava farmers; value addition; productivity differentials; impact; endogenous switching regression; plantain residues; fiber; value web; bioeconomy; Ghana; biochar; crop residue; corncob; germination; phytotoxicity; self-purging pyrolysis; soil amendment; biomass; value web; bioeconomy; bamboo; Ethiopia; sustainability; intensification options; maize; groundnut; crop residue; crop model; cassava processors; smallholders; solid waste; pollution; value-added; willingness to pay; biomass utilization; intensity; cassava smallholders; Nigeria; availability; access; Ghana; Nigeria; Ethiopia; value chain; CGE; fertilizer-yield-response; productivity; welfare; Ethiopia; family farming; farmland; food security; rural development; biomass scenarios; global biomass; bioenergy; sustainability; food security; basic needs; intragenerational justice; equity; fairness; development; Biomass-based value web; biological goods; bio-based economy; food and non-food; circular economy