ABSTRACT The South African biofuel sector has developed slowly compared to other African contexts, despite the existence of biofuel production policy frameworks. In this article, the authors review the literature on agricultural reform and rural livelihoods in South Africa and analyse case studies from elsewhere in Africa in an attempt to draw lessons for South Africa. They argue that biofuel production does potentially threaten certain rural livelihood strategies. Interventions aimed at using land more “efficiently” risk uprooting complex livelihood strategies developed over many years to cope with colonialism, apartheid and marginalisation in general.

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非洲的生物燃料投资：南非的经验教训

摘要 尽管存在生物燃料生产政策框架，但与其他非洲环境相比，南非生物燃料部门发展缓慢。在本文中，作者回顾了有关南非农业改革和农村生计的文献，并分析了非洲其他地方的案例研究，试图为南非汲取教训。他们认为生物燃料生产确实可能威胁到某些农村生计策略。旨在更“有效”使用土地的干预措施可能会颠覆多年来为应对殖民主义、种族隔离和普遍边缘化而制定的复杂生计战略。