From the fuel versus food controversy to the institutional vacuum in biofuels West African policies
High international oil prices in the mid‐2000s drew attention again to biofuels, which then began to be put on the political agendas of West African countries. Arguments advanced in their favor pointed to the potential to improve access of populations to ready, cheap energy and to promote economic development. Unsurprisingly, energy ministries stepped forward to establish biofuel policies, according little attention to the issues at stake for agricultural producers. Around the same time, increases in the price of food on the international market began to demonize biofuels, which then began to be perceived as a threat to the food security of populations in developing countries. In several countries dependent on outside technical and financial support, this shift in the international discourse influenced the position of agriculture ministries, which became lukewarm or even opposed to biofuels. Yet the question of rural development could have drawn the two sets of ministries closer together. The double talk at the international level damaged the coordination of public action to support the sector, generated an institutional vacuum, led to conflicts between stakeholders, and hampered the development of projects and sectors in West African countries.
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dig-cirad-fr-5793312022-04-15T12:54:34Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/579331/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/579331/ From the fuel versus food controversy to the institutional vacuum in biofuels West African policies. Gatete Djerma Charly, Dabat Marie-Hélène. 2015. . Eindhoven University of Technology. s.l. : s.n., 13 p. Biofuels and (ir)responsible innovation: Tensions between policy, practice and sustainable development, Eindhoven, Pays-Bas, 13 Avril 2015/14 Avril 2015. Researchers From the fuel versus food controversy to the institutional vacuum in biofuels West African policies Gatete Djerma, Charly Dabat, Marie-Hélène eng 2015 s.n. P06 - Sources d'énergie renouvelable E16 - Économie de la production Q60 - Traitement des produits agricoles non alimentaires A01 - Agriculture - Considérations générales High international oil prices in the mid‐2000s drew attention again to biofuels, which then began to be put on the political agendas of West African countries. Arguments advanced in their favor pointed to the potential to improve access of populations to ready, cheap energy and to promote economic development. Unsurprisingly, energy ministries stepped forward to establish biofuel policies, according little attention to the issues at stake for agricultural producers. Around the same time, increases in the price of food on the international market began to demonize biofuels, which then began to be perceived as a threat to the food security of populations in developing countries. In several countries dependent on outside technical and financial support, this shift in the international discourse influenced the position of agriculture ministries, which became lukewarm or even opposed to biofuels. Yet the question of rural development could have drawn the two sets of ministries closer together. The double talk at the international level damaged the coordination of public action to support the sector, generated an institutional vacuum, led to conflicts between stakeholders, and hampered the development of projects and sectors in West African countries. conference_item info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/579331/1/Gatete_Dabat_conf%20Eindhoven%20avril%202015_Ang.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html |
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High international oil prices in the mid‐2000s drew attention again to biofuels, which then began to be put on the political agendas of West African countries. Arguments advanced in their favor pointed to the potential to improve access of populations to ready, cheap energy and to promote economic development. Unsurprisingly, energy ministries stepped forward to establish biofuel policies, according little attention to the issues at stake for agricultural producers. Around the same time, increases in the price of food on the international market began to demonize biofuels, which then began to be perceived as a threat to the food security of populations in developing countries. In several countries dependent on outside technical and financial support, this shift in the international discourse influenced the position of agriculture ministries, which became lukewarm or even opposed to biofuels. Yet the question of rural development could have drawn the two sets of ministries closer together. The double talk at the international level damaged the coordination of public action to support the sector, generated an institutional vacuum, led to conflicts between stakeholders, and hampered the development of projects and sectors in West African countries. |
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