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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.05.003
	A sweet deal? Sugarcane, water and agricultural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
	Hess T.M.; Sumberg J.; Biggs T.; Georgescu M.; Haro-Monteagudo D.; Jewitt G.; Ozdogan M.; Marshall M.; Thenkabail P.; Daccache A.; Marin F.; Knox J.W.
发表日期	2016
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	39
英文摘要	Globally, the area of sugarcane is rising rapidly in response to growing demands for bioethanol and increased sugar demand for human consumption. Despite considerable diversity in production systems and contexts, sugarcane is a particularly "high impact" crop with significant positive and negative environmental and socio-economic impacts. Our analysis is focused on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which is a critical region for continued expansion, due to its high production potential, low cost of production and proximity, and access, to European markets. Drawing on a systematic review of scientific evidence, combined with information from key informants, stakeholders and a research-industry workshop, we critically assess the impacts of sugarcane development on water, soil and air quality, employment, food security and human health. Our analysis shows that sugarcane production is, in general, neither explicitly good nor bad, sustainable nor unsustainable. The impacts of expansion of sugarcane production on the environment and society depend on the global political economy of sugar, local context, quality of scheme, nature of the production system and farm management. Despite threats from climate change and forthcoming changes in the trade relationship with the European Union, agricultural development policies are driving national and international interest and investment in sugarcane in SSA, with expansion likely to play an important role in sustainable development in the region. Our findings will help guide researchers and policy makers with new insights in understanding the situated environmental and social impacts associated with alternative sugar economy models, production technologies and qualities of management. © 2016 The Authors.
英文关键词	Agriculture; Development; Impact; Livelihoods; Sugar; Water resources
学科领域	agricultural development; agricultural management; biotransformation; climate change; crop production; demand analysis; European Union; food security; global perspective; investment; market system; policy making; political economy; socioeconomic impact; sugar cane; sustainable development; water resource; Europe; Sub-Saharan Africa
语种	英语
scopus关键词	agricultural development; agricultural management; biotransformation; climate change; crop production; demand analysis; European Union; food security; global perspective; investment; market system; policy making; political economy; socioeconomic impact; sugar cane; sustainable development; water resource; Europe; Sub-Saharan Africa
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117354
作者单位	Cranfield Water Science Institute, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom; Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9RE, United Kingdom; San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, United States; Arizona State University, Coor Hall, 975 S. Myrtle Ave., Tempe, AZ 85287, United States; University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa; University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726, United States; World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 30677, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya; U. S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, United States; Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (IAMB), Via Ceglie, Valenzano (BA), 9-70010, Italy; Biosystems Engineering Dept., ESALQ, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hess T.M.,Sumberg J.,Biggs T.,et al. A sweet deal? Sugarcane, water and agricultural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa[J],2016,39.
APA	Hess T.M..,Sumberg J..,Biggs T..,Georgescu M..,Haro-Monteagudo D..,...&Knox J.W..(2016).A sweet deal? Sugarcane, water and agricultural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa.Global Environmental Change,39.
MLA	Hess T.M.,et al."A sweet deal? Sugarcane, water and agricultural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa".Global Environmental Change 39(2016).