Contents
Part I Continental Perspectives
1
Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Context
of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Denabo Juju, Gideon Baffoe, Rodolfo Dam Lam, Alice Karanja,
Merle Naidoo, Abubakari Ahmed, Marcin Pawel Jarzebski,
Osamu Saito, Kensuke Fukushi, Kazuhiko Takeuchi,
and Alexandros Gasparatos
2
Enabling Sustainable Bioenergy Transitions in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Strategic Issues for Achieving Climate-Compatible
Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Francis X. Johnson, Bothwell Batidzirai, Miyuki Iiyama,
Caroline A. Ochieng, Olle Olsson, Linus Mofor,
and Alexandros Gasparatos
3
Linking Industrial Crop Production and Food Security
in Sub-Saharan Africa: Local, National and Continental
Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, Abubakari Ahmed, Alice Karanja,
Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Boubacar Siddighi Balde, Linda Chinangwa,
Sileshi Degefa, Eric Brako Dompreh, Osamu Saito,
and Alexandros Gasparatos
4
Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa
and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Insights
from Italian Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Marta Antonelli, Stefania Bracco, Margherita Emma Turvani,
and Antonio Vicario
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