Biofuels in Africa : Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges

Biofuels offer new opportunities for African countries. They can contribute to economic growth, employment, and rural incomes. They can become an important export for some countries and provide low-cost fuel for others. There is also a potentially...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Donald
Format: Publication
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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CO
FAO
GHG
OIL
TEA
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topic ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES
ACID RAIN
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE
AIR POLLUTION
ALTERNATIVE CROPS
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES
ANIMAL FAT
ANIMAL FATS
ANIMAL FODDER
APPROACH
AVAILABILITY
AVIATION FUEL
BAGASSE
BIODIESEL
BIOENERGY
BIOFUEL
BIOFUEL INDUSTRY
BIOFUEL PRODUCTION
BIOFUEL STRATEGY
BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGY
BIOFUEL USE
BIOFUELS
BIOMASS
BIOMASS ENERGY
BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS
BIRDS
BOILERS
BY-PRODUCTS
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBON CREDITS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON MARKET
CASH CROPS
CASSAVA
CELLULOSE
CELLULOSIC ETHANOL
CHARCOAL
CHARCOAL PRODUCTION
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
CO
COAL
COGENERATION
COLLECTION COSTS
COMMODITY
CONVERSION EFFICIENCY
COOKING
COOKING OIL
COST OF ETHANOL
COST OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION
CROP
CROP PRICES
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP RESEARCH
CROP VARIETIES
CRUDE OIL
DEMAND FOR ENERGY
DEMAND FOR ETHANOL
DEMAND FOR GASOLINE
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DIESEL
DIESEL ENGINE
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL FUEL
DIMETHYL ETHER
DISTILLERY
ELECTRICAL ENERGY
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY FOR SALE
ELECTRICITY PRICES
EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT
EMPLOYMENT
ENERGY CONTENT OF ETHANOL
ENERGY ECONOMIST
ENERGY PRICES
ENERGY REQUIREMENTS
ENERGY SECTOR
ENERGY SECURITY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SUPPLIES
ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
ETHANOL
ETHANOL FEEDSTOCKS
ETHANOL IMPORTS
ETHANOL MARKET
ETHANOL PLANT
ETHANOL PLANTS
ETHANOL PRICES
ETHANOL PRODUCER
ETHANOL PRODUCERS
ETHANOL PRODUCTION
ETHANOL PRODUCTION CAPACITY
ETHANOL PRODUCTION COSTS
ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITIES
ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITY
ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS
ETHANOL PROGRAM
ETHANOL YIELD
ETHANOL YIELDS
EXTRACTION PROCESSES
FAO
FARM
FARMERS
FEEDSTOCK
FEEDSTOCK COSTS
FEEDSTOCK FOR ETHANOL
FEEDSTOCK FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION
FEEDSTOCKS
FERMENTATION
FERTILIZERS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROPS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOSSIL
FOSSIL FUEL
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL
FUEL CELLS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL DEMAND
FUEL PRICES
FUEL REQUIREMENTS
FUEL WOOD
FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES
GASOLINE
GASOLINE PRICES
GENERATION
GHG
GRAIN
GRAINS
GRASSES
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GASES
HARVESTING
HEAVY OIL
HECTARES OF LAND
HEMICELLULOSE
HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
HUSBANDRY
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROLYSIS
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
JATROPHA
KEROSENE
LABOR COSTS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LAND RESOURCES
LIGHTING
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUID BIOFUEL
LIQUID BIOFUELS
LIQUID FUELS
LUBRICITY
MAIZE
MAIZE YIELDS
METHANOL
MOLASSES
NATIONAL GRID
NITROGEN
OIL
OIL EXTRACTION
OIL PALM
OIL PALMS
OIL PRICES
OIL PRODUCTION
OIL YIELDS
OILS
OILSEEDS
PEST CONTROL
PETROLEUM
PLANT OIL
PLANTING
PLANTING MATERIALS
POWER
POWER GENERATORS
POWER GRID
POWER PLANTS
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRIMARY FEEDSTOCK
PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY
PRODUCE
PRODUCT OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION
PRODUCT QUALITY
PRODUCTION COST
PRODUCTION INCENTIVES
PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL
PRODUCTION OF FEEDSTOCKS
PYROLYSIS
RAPESEED
RENEWABLE FUEL
RENEWABLE SOURCES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL VILLAGES
SMOKE
SOIL NUTRIENTS
SORGHUM
SOYBEAN OIL
SOYBEANS
STARCHES
SUGAR
SUGAR CROPS
SUGAR FACTORY
SUGAR MILLS
SUGARCANE
SUGARCANE BAGASSE
SUGARCANE ETHANOL
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION
SUGARCANE RESIDUE
SUGARS
SYNTHESIS GAS
SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS
TAX REVENUES
TEA
TEA RESEARCH
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
TREES
TROPICAL FORESTS
TURBINES
VEGETABLE OIL
VEGETABLE OILS
VEHICLES
WHEAT
WHOLESALE PRICES
WOOD
WOOD FUEL
WOOD FUELS
WOODS
spellingShingle ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES
ACID RAIN
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE
AIR POLLUTION
ALTERNATIVE CROPS
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES
ANIMAL FAT
ANIMAL FATS
ANIMAL FODDER
APPROACH
AVAILABILITY
AVIATION FUEL
BAGASSE
BIODIESEL
BIOENERGY
BIOFUEL
BIOFUEL INDUSTRY
BIOFUEL PRODUCTION
BIOFUEL STRATEGY
BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGY
BIOFUEL USE
BIOFUELS
BIOMASS
BIOMASS ENERGY
BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS
BIRDS
BOILERS
BY-PRODUCTS
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBON CREDITS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON MARKET
CASH CROPS
CASSAVA
CELLULOSE
CELLULOSIC ETHANOL
CHARCOAL
CHARCOAL PRODUCTION
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
CO
COAL
COGENERATION
COLLECTION COSTS
COMMODITY
CONVERSION EFFICIENCY
COOKING
COOKING OIL
COST OF ETHANOL
COST OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION
CROP
CROP PRICES
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP RESEARCH
CROP VARIETIES
CRUDE OIL
DEMAND FOR ENERGY
DEMAND FOR ETHANOL
DEMAND FOR GASOLINE
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DIESEL
DIESEL ENGINE
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL FUEL
DIMETHYL ETHER
DISTILLERY
ELECTRICAL ENERGY
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY FOR SALE
ELECTRICITY PRICES
EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT
EMPLOYMENT
ENERGY CONTENT OF ETHANOL
ENERGY ECONOMIST
ENERGY PRICES
ENERGY REQUIREMENTS
ENERGY SECTOR
ENERGY SECURITY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SUPPLIES
ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
ETHANOL
ETHANOL FEEDSTOCKS
ETHANOL IMPORTS
ETHANOL MARKET
ETHANOL PLANT
ETHANOL PLANTS
ETHANOL PRICES
ETHANOL PRODUCER
ETHANOL PRODUCERS
ETHANOL PRODUCTION
ETHANOL PRODUCTION CAPACITY
ETHANOL PRODUCTION COSTS
ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITIES
ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITY
ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS
ETHANOL PROGRAM
ETHANOL YIELD
ETHANOL YIELDS
EXTRACTION PROCESSES
FAO
FARM
FARMERS
FEEDSTOCK
FEEDSTOCK COSTS
FEEDSTOCK FOR ETHANOL
FEEDSTOCK FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION
FEEDSTOCKS
FERMENTATION
FERTILIZERS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROPS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOSSIL
FOSSIL FUEL
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL
FUEL CELLS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL DEMAND
FUEL PRICES
FUEL REQUIREMENTS
FUEL WOOD
FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES
GASOLINE
GASOLINE PRICES
GENERATION
GHG
GRAIN
GRAINS
GRASSES
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GASES
HARVESTING
HEAVY OIL
HECTARES OF LAND
HEMICELLULOSE
HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
HUSBANDRY
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROLYSIS
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
JATROPHA
KEROSENE
LABOR COSTS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LAND RESOURCES
LIGHTING
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUID BIOFUEL
LIQUID BIOFUELS
LIQUID FUELS
LUBRICITY
MAIZE
MAIZE YIELDS
METHANOL
MOLASSES
NATIONAL GRID
NITROGEN
OIL
OIL EXTRACTION
OIL PALM
OIL PALMS
OIL PRICES
OIL PRODUCTION
OIL YIELDS
OILS
OILSEEDS
PEST CONTROL
PETROLEUM
PLANT OIL
PLANTING
PLANTING MATERIALS
POWER
POWER GENERATORS
POWER GRID
POWER PLANTS
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRIMARY FEEDSTOCK
PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY
PRODUCE
PRODUCT OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION
PRODUCT QUALITY
PRODUCTION COST
PRODUCTION INCENTIVES
PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL
PRODUCTION OF FEEDSTOCKS
PYROLYSIS
RAPESEED
RENEWABLE FUEL
RENEWABLE SOURCES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL VILLAGES
SMOKE
SOIL NUTRIENTS
SORGHUM
SOYBEAN OIL
SOYBEANS
STARCHES
SUGAR
SUGAR CROPS
SUGAR FACTORY
SUGAR MILLS
SUGARCANE
SUGARCANE BAGASSE
SUGARCANE ETHANOL
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION
SUGARCANE RESIDUE
SUGARS
SYNTHESIS GAS
SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS
TAX REVENUES
TEA
TEA RESEARCH
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
TREES
TROPICAL FORESTS
TURBINES
VEGETABLE OIL
VEGETABLE OILS
VEHICLES
WHEAT
WHOLESALE PRICES
WOOD
WOOD FUEL
WOOD FUELS
WOODS
Mitchell, Donald
Biofuels in Africa : Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges
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description Biofuels offer new opportunities for African countries. They can contribute to economic growth, employment, and rural incomes. They can become an important export for some countries and provide low-cost fuel for others. There is also a potentially large demand for biofuels to meet the rapidly growing need for local fuel. Abundant natural resources and low-cost labor make producing biofuel feedstock's a viable alternative to traditional crops; and the preferential access available to most African countries to protected markets in industrial countries provides unique export opportunities. Biofuels also bring challenges and risks, including potential land-use conflicts, environmental risks, and heightened concerns about food security. This book examines the potential of African countries to produce biofuels for export or domestic consumption and looks at the policy framework needed. It is part of the effort by the World Bank's Africa region to examine critical issues that affect the region and to recommend policies that effectively address these issues while providing an enabling environment for the private sector. The book is intended to inform policy makers and the larger development community of the global and domestic market opportunities facing biofuel producers, as well as the challenges of producing biofuels, in the Africa region.
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author Mitchell, Donald
author_facet Mitchell, Donald
author_sort Mitchell, Donald
title Biofuels in Africa : Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges
title_short Biofuels in Africa : Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges
title_full Biofuels in Africa : Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges
title_fullStr Biofuels in Africa : Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Biofuels in Africa : Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges
title_sort biofuels in africa : opportunities, prospects, and challenges
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
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spelling okr-10986-25412021-04-23T14:02:02Z Biofuels in Africa : Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges Mitchell, Donald ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES ACID RAIN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE CROPS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES ANIMAL FAT ANIMAL FATS ANIMAL FODDER APPROACH AVAILABILITY AVIATION FUEL BAGASSE BIODIESEL BIOENERGY BIOFUEL BIOFUEL INDUSTRY BIOFUEL PRODUCTION BIOFUEL STRATEGY BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGY BIOFUEL USE BIOFUELS BIOMASS BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS BIRDS BOILERS BY-PRODUCTS CARBOHYDRATES CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON MARKET CASH CROPS CASSAVA CELLULOSE CELLULOSIC ETHANOL CHARCOAL CHARCOAL PRODUCTION CLEAN DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CO COAL COGENERATION COLLECTION COSTS COMMODITY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY COOKING COOKING OIL COST OF ETHANOL COST OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION CROP CROP PRICES CROP PRODUCTION CROP RESEARCH CROP VARIETIES CRUDE OIL DEMAND FOR ENERGY DEMAND FOR ETHANOL DEMAND FOR GASOLINE DEMONSTRATION PLANTS DIESEL DIESEL ENGINE DIESEL ENGINES DIESEL FUEL DIMETHYL ETHER DISTILLERY ELECTRICAL ENERGY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY FOR SALE ELECTRICITY PRICES EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONTENT OF ETHANOL ENERGY ECONOMIST ENERGY PRICES ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUPPLIES ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ETHANOL ETHANOL FEEDSTOCKS ETHANOL IMPORTS ETHANOL MARKET ETHANOL PLANT ETHANOL PLANTS ETHANOL PRICES ETHANOL PRODUCER ETHANOL PRODUCERS ETHANOL PRODUCTION ETHANOL PRODUCTION CAPACITY ETHANOL PRODUCTION COSTS ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITIES ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITY ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS ETHANOL PROGRAM ETHANOL YIELD ETHANOL YIELDS EXTRACTION PROCESSES FAO FARM FARMERS FEEDSTOCK FEEDSTOCK COSTS FEEDSTOCK FOR ETHANOL FEEDSTOCK FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION FEEDSTOCKS FERMENTATION FERTILIZERS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROPS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL CELLS FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL DEMAND FUEL PRICES FUEL REQUIREMENTS FUEL WOOD FUELS GASES GASIFICATION GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES GASOLINE GASOLINE PRICES GENERATION GHG GRAIN GRAINS GRASSES GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HARVESTING HEAVY OIL HECTARES OF LAND HEMICELLULOSE HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HUSBANDRY HYDROCARBONS HYDROLYSIS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE JATROPHA KEROSENE LABOR COSTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND RESOURCES LIGHTING LIQUEFACTION LIQUID BIOFUEL LIQUID BIOFUELS LIQUID FUELS LUBRICITY MAIZE MAIZE YIELDS METHANOL MOLASSES NATIONAL GRID NITROGEN OIL OIL EXTRACTION OIL PALM OIL PALMS OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTION OIL YIELDS OILS OILSEEDS PEST CONTROL PETROLEUM PLANT OIL PLANTING PLANTING MATERIALS POWER POWER GENERATORS POWER GRID POWER PLANTS PRICE VOLATILITY PRIMARY FEEDSTOCK PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY PRODUCE PRODUCT OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION INCENTIVES PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION OF FEEDSTOCKS PYROLYSIS RAPESEED RENEWABLE FUEL RENEWABLE SOURCES RURAL AREAS RURAL VILLAGES SMOKE SOIL NUTRIENTS SORGHUM SOYBEAN OIL SOYBEANS STARCHES SUGAR SUGAR CROPS SUGAR FACTORY SUGAR MILLS SUGARCANE SUGARCANE BAGASSE SUGARCANE ETHANOL SUGARCANE PRODUCTION SUGARCANE RESIDUE SUGARS SYNTHESIS GAS SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS TAX REVENUES TEA TEA RESEARCH TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TREES TROPICAL FORESTS TURBINES VEGETABLE OIL VEGETABLE OILS VEHICLES WHEAT WHOLESALE PRICES WOOD WOOD FUEL WOOD FUELS WOODS Biofuels offer new opportunities for African countries. They can contribute to economic growth, employment, and rural incomes. They can become an important export for some countries and provide low-cost fuel for others. There is also a potentially large demand for biofuels to meet the rapidly growing need for local fuel. Abundant natural resources and low-cost labor make producing biofuel feedstock's a viable alternative to traditional crops; and the preferential access available to most African countries to protected markets in industrial countries provides unique export opportunities. Biofuels also bring challenges and risks, including potential land-use conflicts, environmental risks, and heightened concerns about food security. This book examines the potential of African countries to produce biofuels for export or domestic consumption and looks at the policy framework needed. It is part of the effort by the World Bank's Africa region to examine critical issues that affect the region and to recommend policies that effectively address these issues while providing an enabling environment for the private sector. The book is intended to inform policy makers and the larger development community of the global and domestic market opportunities facing biofuel producers, as well as the challenges of producing biofuels, in the Africa region. 2012-03-19T09:36:02Z 2012-03-19T09:36:02Z 2011 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20101215011718 978-0-8213-8516-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2541 English Directions in Development ; countries and regions CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Africa