dc.contributor.advisor |
Borras, Saturnino M. |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Tanzania |
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dc.creator |
Winters, Kristen |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-09-13T19:09:31Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-09-13T19:09:31Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010 |
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dc.identifier.other |
HD2128.5 Z9 W47 2010 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25176 |
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dc.description |
103 leaves : ill., map ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract and appendices. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-185). |
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dc.description.abstract |
Following decades of neoliberal policies promoting commodity driven export production, the small scale farming sector in many developing countries has suffered from declining market share, lessening productivity and deepening poverty. In recent years, biofuels
have been promoted within developing countries to foster rural development and provide new markets for the smallholders. Using Tanzania as a case study, this thesis evaluates the extent to which the emerging biofuel sector provides opportunities for smallholders to
gain beneficial access to markets - or whether the sector is following the trajectory of other export-oriented commodity projects of the past and resulting in the marginalisation of smallholders. This thesis asserts that the biofuel sector in Tanzania presents more
threats than benefits for smallholders; a pattern can be witnessed that favours foreign investors and dispossesses farmers of existing land, while providing few opportunities at a local level for income generation and employment. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcc |
HD2128.5.Z9 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Tanzania |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Biomass energy -- Tanzania |
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dc.title |
The political economy of biofuels and farming : the case of smallholders in Tanzania |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts in International Development Studies |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
International Development Studies Program |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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