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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111123
	Multi-dimensional energy poverty patterns around industrial crop projects in Ghana: Enhancing the energy poverty alleviation potential of rural development strategies
	Ahmed A.; Gasparatos A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	137
英文摘要	Several countries across sub-Saharan Africa have promoted industrial crops to boost rural development, including rural energy poverty alleviation. However, little evidence exists about the intersection of rural development and energy poverty in industrial crop settings. We undertake a household survey to explore multidimensional energy poverty patterns around three operational industrial crop projects in Ghana (oil palm, jatropha, sugarcane). We conduct 850 surveys with households with different involvement in these projects (e.g. plantation workers, smallholders), as well as household not involved (i.e. control groups). Overall, distinct patterns emerge between sites and groups, reflecting the different area, project and household characteristics. Jatropha and oil palm plantation workers register lower energy poverty levels than their respective control groups, while oil palm and sugarcane smallholders register either the same (or higher) energy poverty. This is largely because income from engagement in industrial crop activities can reduce energy poverty for some groups, but only where modern energy options are readily available. In reality, other factors can be equally important, including other livelihood activities (e.g. sugarcane/palm oil processing) and the gender of household head. Such distinct patterns and local dynamics must be understood when aiming to achieve positive energy poverty alleviation outcomes through industrial crop expansion. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Ghana; Jatropha; Multidimensional energy poverty index (MEPI); Oil palm; Sugarcane
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Molasses; Palm oil; Regional planning; Rural areas; Sugar cane; Surveys; Energy poverties; Ghana; Jatropha; Oil palm; Oil palm plantations; Positive energies; Rural development; Sub-saharan africa; Crops; agricultural development; agricultural production; energy policy; poverty alleviation; rural development; rural economy; rural energy; sugar cane; Ghana; Elaeis; Jatropha
来源期刊	Energy policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/124921
作者单位	Department of Planning, Faculty of Planning and Land Management, University for Development Studies, Post Office Box UPW 3, Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana; Graduate Program in Sustainability Science, The University of Tokyo, Building of Environmental Studies, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa City, Chiba, 277-8563, Japan; Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8654, Japan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ahmed A.,Gasparatos A.. Multi-dimensional energy poverty patterns around industrial crop projects in Ghana: Enhancing the energy poverty alleviation potential of rural development strategies[J],2020,137.
APA	Ahmed A.,&Gasparatos A..(2020).Multi-dimensional energy poverty patterns around industrial crop projects in Ghana: Enhancing the energy poverty alleviation potential of rural development strategies.Energy policy,137.
MLA	Ahmed A.,et al."Multi-dimensional energy poverty patterns around industrial crop projects in Ghana: Enhancing the energy poverty alleviation potential of rural development strategies".Energy policy 137(2020).