About the series -- About the editors -- Tables, figure, boxes and maps -- Table 3.1 The share of different countries and regions of total world population and the world's total CO2 emissions, 2004 -- Table 3.2 Activities with CO2 emissions from burning of fossil fuels and CO2 emissions according to type of fuel: global figures for 2001 -- Table 5.1 Major agricultural land leases in Ethiopia -- Table 5.2 Balancing policy focuses for biofuel and the desired policy goals in the rural development context of Ethiopia -- Table 7.1 Key production characteristics in Chisumbanje and Mwenezi project agro-investments -- Figure 5.1 Multiple dimensions of smallholder biofuel production -- Box 4.1 Types of growth promoted by FDI -- Box 4.2 The short story of land loss in Ghana -- Box 6.1 Overview of major changes in the December 2008 ESIA for the Bagamoyo SEKAB T biofuel project, as compared to the May 2008 version -- Box 7.1 Testimony of a former parastatal chief executive officer -- Box 7.2 Outcomes of investment in jatropha for biodiesel in Zimbabwe -- Box 7.3 Template for changed agrarian relations due to foreign investments -- Map 6.1 SEKAB plans, village lands and protected areas -- Map 6.2 Village land - Kipo and Nyaminywili -- Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: biofuels, food security and land grabbing in Africa -- Introduction -- Unmasking land grabbing in Africa -- The drivers and face of land grabs in Africa -- Myths about land availability in Africa -- The four triggers for land grabbing -- Hegemonic dissonance in governance over biofuels -- Narratives and sticking points in smallholder farming -- Spatial distribution of biofuels across Africa -- Conclusion -- 1

Key assumption: availability of African land -- Trends in large-scale land acquisition and leases -- Governance issues -- The nature of land transfer contracts and benefit sharing -- Environmental sustainability issues -- Food security -- Revisiting the recommendations -- Some concluding remarks and questions -- 2

The push for biofuels in Ethiopia: an overview -- Table 5.1 Major agricultural land leases in Ethiopia -- Uncertainties and promises of biofuels -- Contract biofuel farming schemes -- Challenges in biofuel contracts -- Figure 5.1 Multiple dimensions of smallholder biofuel production -- Table 5.2 Balancing policy focuses for biofuel and the desired policy goals in the rural development context of Ethiopia -- Conclusion -- 6

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