Multi-dimensional poverty effects around operational biofuel projects in Malawi, Mozambique and Swaziland
Multi-dimensional poverty effects around operational biofuel projects in Malawi, Mozambique and Swaziland
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10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.09.003
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发表时间：
2018-07-01
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6
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Willis, Katherine J.
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作者：
Mudombi, Shakespear;Von Maltitz, Graham Paul;Willis, Katherine J.
人们长期关注的是，生物燃料原料的种植可能对参与或邻近这些项目的社区产生负面影响。在南部非洲，购置和分配大片土地用于生产生物燃料原料的问题尤其引起争议。本研究采用牛津贫困与人类发展倡议的多维贫困指数，调查了种植生物燃料作物对当地多维贫困的影响。它在马拉维、斯威士兰和莫桑比克的四个研究地点调查了不同的生产模式（大规模与小农）和不同的原料（甘蔗与麻风树）。在甘蔗种植区，那些作为农民或工人参与其价值链的人比那些没有参与的人贫困程度要低。然而，对于麻风树种植区，在Mangochi，对照组和麻风树农民之间没有明确的差异，而在莫桑比克，种植园工人的贫困程度略低于对照组。虽然不可能在所有项目之间进行直接比较，但甘蔗区的情况似乎比非甘蔗区好。在所有项目中，在与生活水平有关的指标方面，特别是在获得电力和烹饪燃料方面，被剥夺的情况普遍很高。(C)2016爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有
There is a long-term concern that the cultivation of biofuel feedstocks could have negative impacts on communities involved in, or adjacent to, such projects. In southern Africa, the acquisition and allocation of large blocks of land for biofuel feedstock production has been especially contentious. The present study investigates the local multi-dimensional poverty effects of growing biofuel crops using the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative's Multidimensional Poverty Index. It investigates different modes of production (large-scale vs. smallholder-based) and different feedstocks (sugarcane vs. jatropha) in four study sites in Malawi, Swaziland and Mozambique. In the sugarcane growing areas, those who participated in its value chain as farmers or workers had lower poverty than those who were not involved. However, for jatropha growing areas, there were no clearly defined differences between the controls and the jatropha farmers in Mangochi, while in Mozambique the plantation workers had slightly lower poverty than the control groups. Although it was not possible to make direct comparisons between all projects, sugarcane areas seem to be better off than non-sugarcane areas. In all projects there was generally high incidence of deprivations in indicators related to living standards, particularly, access to electricity and cooking fuel. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.