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| − | Access to modern energy services and equipment for smallholder farmers could have significant positive impacts on food security, gender empowerment and rural poverty. The publication [http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/16562IIED.pdf "Growing Power: Exploring energy needs in smallholder agriculture"] by Sarah Best, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), analyses the ‘productive uses’ of energy. In detail, the author discusses energy needs and impacts in smallholder food systems, as well as potential approaches to meeting those demands. | + | Access to modern energy services and equipment for smallholder farmers could have significant positive impacts on food security, gender empowerment and rural poverty. The publication [http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/16562IIED.pdf "Growing Power: Exploring energy needs in smallholder agriculture"] by Sarah Best, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), analyses the ‘productive uses’ of energy. In detail, the author discusses energy needs and impacts in smallholder food systems, as well as potential approaches to meeting those demands. |
[http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/16562IIED.pdf Best, S., (2014). Growing Power: Exploring energy needs in smallholder agriculture. IIED, London.] | [http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/16562IIED.pdf Best, S., (2014). Growing Power: Exploring energy needs in smallholder agriculture. IIED, London.] | ||
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*<span dir="auto">[[Energy within Food and Agricultural Value Chains|Energy within Food and Agricultural Value Chains]]</span> | *<span dir="auto">[[Energy within Food and Agricultural Value Chains|Energy within Food and Agricultural Value Chains]]</span> | ||
*[http://poweringag.org/sites/default/files/giz2011-en-energy-services-for-modern-agriculture.pdf Utz, V., GIZ, 2011. Modern Energy Services for Modern Agriculture: A Review of Smallholder Farming in Developing Countries] | *[http://poweringag.org/sites/default/files/giz2011-en-energy-services-for-modern-agriculture.pdf Utz, V., GIZ, 2011. Modern Energy Services for Modern Agriculture: A Review of Smallholder Farming in Developing Countries] | ||
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Revision as of 11:45, 8 August 2014
Summary
Access to modern energy services and equipment for smallholder farmers could have significant positive impacts on food security, gender empowerment and rural poverty. The publication "Growing Power: Exploring energy needs in smallholder agriculture" by Sarah Best, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), analyses the ‘productive uses’ of energy. In detail, the author discusses energy needs and impacts in smallholder food systems, as well as potential approaches to meeting those demands.
Best, S., (2014). Growing Power: Exploring energy needs in smallholder agriculture. IIED, London.
