Biofuels have been promoted as a renewable energy option in many countries, but have
also faced extensive scrutiny over their sustainability. Food security is perhaps the most …

A number of industrial crops have been promoted in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to meet a
range of policy objectives including economic growth, rural development, agricultural …

Several countries across sub-Saharan Africa have promoted industrial crops to boost rural
development, including rural energy poverty alleviation. However, little evidence exists …

In recent years, the water-energy-food nexus gained traction in science and policy debates
to address the relationships between water, energy and food sectors. Inspired by Political …

Abstract Ghana's Renewable Energy Master Plan of 2019 includes the production and use
of biomass pellets. However, pellets have neither been developed commercially nor …

This perception mapping exercise elicits and synthesizes the perceptions of the main
relevant stakeholder about the drivers, impacts, and challenges of cocoa and oil palm …

An extensive body of theoretical work has advocated the use of multiple human wellbeing
indicators to assess the outcomes of agricultural investments in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) …

Biofuel feedstock production has been identified as a possible avenue to boost rural
development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the extensive promotion of biofuel crops such …

The large-scale production of industrial crops can shape profoundly agrarian systems in Sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA), especially those characterized by low-input subsistence agriculture …

The production of commodity crops such as oil palm, sugarcane, cotton or cocoa has
important ramifications for sustainability at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Food …