Space for Innovation for Sustainable Community-Based Biofuel Production and Use: Lessons Learned for Policy from Nhambita Community, Mozambique

This paper provides insights and recommendations for policy on the opportunities and constrains that influence the space for innovation for sustainable community-based biofuel production and use. Promoted by the Mozambican government, Nhambita community established jatropha trials in 2005. Initial r...

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Main Authors:	Schut, Marc, van Paassen, Annemarie, Leeuwis, Cees, Bos, Sandra, Leonardo, Wilson, Lerner, Anna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Alternative Energy Sources Q420 Energy: Government Policy Q480
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4930

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spelling	okr-10986-49302021-04-23T14:02:20Z Space for Innovation for Sustainable Community-Based Biofuel Production and Use: Lessons Learned for Policy from Nhambita Community, Mozambique Schut, Marc van Paassen, Annemarie Leeuwis, Cees Bos, Sandra Leonardo, Wilson Lerner, Anna Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Alternative Energy Sources Q420 Energy: Government Policy Q480 This paper provides insights and recommendations for policy on the opportunities and constrains that influence the space for innovation for sustainable community-based biofuel production and use. Promoted by the Mozambican government, Nhambita community established jatropha trials in 2005. Initial results were promising, but crop failure and the absence of organized markets led to scepticism amongst farmers. We start from the idea that the promotion of community-based biofuel production and use requires taking interactions between social-cultural, biophysical, economic, political, and legal subsystems across different scales and levels of analysis through time into account. Our analysis demonstrates that heterogeneous farming strategies and their synergies at community level should be carefully assessed. Furthermore, national and international political and legal developments, such as the development of biofuel sustainability criteria, influence the local space in which community-based biofuel developments take place. We conclude that ex-ante integrated assessment and creating an enabling environment can enhance space for sustainable community-based biofuel production and use. It may provide insights into the opportunities and constraints for different types of smallholders, and promote the development of adequate policy mechanisms to prevent biofuels from becoming a threat rather than an opportunity for smallholders. 2012-03-30T07:30:26Z 2012-03-30T07:30:26Z 2011 Journal Article Energy Policy 03014215 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4930 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Mozambique
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topic	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Alternative Energy Sources Q420 Energy: Government Policy Q480
spellingShingle	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Alternative Energy Sources Q420 Energy: Government Policy Q480 Schut, Marc van Paassen, Annemarie Leeuwis, Cees Bos, Sandra Leonardo, Wilson Lerner, Anna Space for Innovation for Sustainable Community-Based Biofuel Production and Use: Lessons Learned for Policy from Nhambita Community, Mozambique
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description	This paper provides insights and recommendations for policy on the opportunities and constrains that influence the space for innovation for sustainable community-based biofuel production and use. Promoted by the Mozambican government, Nhambita community established jatropha trials in 2005. Initial results were promising, but crop failure and the absence of organized markets led to scepticism amongst farmers. We start from the idea that the promotion of community-based biofuel production and use requires taking interactions between social-cultural, biophysical, economic, political, and legal subsystems across different scales and levels of analysis through time into account. Our analysis demonstrates that heterogeneous farming strategies and their synergies at community level should be carefully assessed. Furthermore, national and international political and legal developments, such as the development of biofuel sustainability criteria, influence the local space in which community-based biofuel developments take place. We conclude that ex-ante integrated assessment and creating an enabling environment can enhance space for sustainable community-based biofuel production and use. It may provide insights into the opportunities and constraints for different types of smallholders, and promote the development of adequate policy mechanisms to prevent biofuels from becoming a threat rather than an opportunity for smallholders.
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author	Schut, Marc van Paassen, Annemarie Leeuwis, Cees Bos, Sandra Leonardo, Wilson Lerner, Anna
author_facet	Schut, Marc van Paassen, Annemarie Leeuwis, Cees Bos, Sandra Leonardo, Wilson Lerner, Anna
author_sort	Schut, Marc
title	Space for Innovation for Sustainable Community-Based Biofuel Production and Use: Lessons Learned for Policy from Nhambita Community, Mozambique
title_short	Space for Innovation for Sustainable Community-Based Biofuel Production and Use: Lessons Learned for Policy from Nhambita Community, Mozambique
title_full	Space for Innovation for Sustainable Community-Based Biofuel Production and Use: Lessons Learned for Policy from Nhambita Community, Mozambique
title_fullStr	Space for Innovation for Sustainable Community-Based Biofuel Production and Use: Lessons Learned for Policy from Nhambita Community, Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed	Space for Innovation for Sustainable Community-Based Biofuel Production and Use: Lessons Learned for Policy from Nhambita Community, Mozambique
title_sort	space for innovation for sustainable community-based biofuel production and use: lessons learned for policy from nhambita community, mozambique
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Space for Innovation for Sustainable Community-Based Biofuel Production and Use: Lessons Learned for Policy from Nhambita Community, Mozambique

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