Biomass for biodiesel production on family farms in Brazil: promise or failure? : integrated assessment of biodiesel crops, farms, policies and producer organisations

The rapid and dynamic development of biofuels over the last decade triggered two main scientific debates associated with environmental (i.e. GHG emissions, net energy production and resource conservation) and socioeconomic (i.e. opportunities for farmers to escape poverty) subjects. This thesis focuses on this second debate. In Brazil, a biodiesel policy was implemented as a way of reducing poverty among family farms...