Jatropha cultivation in Malawi and Mozambique: impact on ecosystem services, local human well-being, and poverty alleviation
A rapid ecosystem services assessment approach to understand the impact of 2 Jatropha based biofuels projects
Abstract
Jatropha based biofuels have undergone a rapid boom-and-bust cycle in southern Africa. We apply a rapid ecosystem services assessment approach to understand the impact of two Jatropha projects that are still operational despite widespread project collapse across southern Africa: a smallholder-based project (BERL, Malawi) and a large plantation (Niqel, Mozambique)
This work is supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme
Citation
von Maltitz, G.P., Gasparatos, A., Fabricius, C., Morris, A., Willsi, K.J., Jatropha cultivation in Malawi and Mozambique: impact on ecosystem services, local human well-being, and poverty alleviation, Ecology and Society, vol.21(3), 2016