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Botswana

Year of publication 2013

Pages 8

Author Climate, Energy and Tenure Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) project has prepared a set of BEFS country briefs - one for each SADC country, plus Sierra Leone. This brief includes a range of information on the socio-economic, agricultural, food security and energy situation in Botswana. In addition, based on the BEFS Analytical Framework, a number of potential key issues for bioenergy development are described

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