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Energy and Agriculture in the Third World
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Energy and Agriculture in the Third World




A 1975 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that seeks to explore how energy, in forms including wood, animal dung and crop residues as well as commercial fuels, may best help to transform agriculture, raise enough food and provide other necessities for people of the third world.

Makhijani, Arjun, Poole, Alan
1975
180 pages


Contents
List Of Figures
List Of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One Poverty, Agriculture, Energy
Notes To Chapter One
Chapter Two Vignettes of Third World Agriculture
India
The People's Republic of China*
Peipan, the People's Republic of China*
Tropical Africa*
Latin America
Analysis of Village Energy Use
Notes To Chapter Two
Chapter Three Assessing Rural Energy Needs
Domestic Energy Needs
Peak Labor and Selective Mechanization
Capital Requirements
Reducing Capital Costs
Mechanization and Employment Policy
Energy Needs of Agriculture
Economic Models
Notes to Chapter Three
Chapter Four Fuel for Agriculture
Solar Energy
Electric Power-Introduction
Centralized and Decentralized (Diesel) Power Generation
Using Biological Materials for an Energy Source
Biogasification
Cost Of a Biogas-Electricity System in Mangaon
Reducing Capital Costs
Fuel For Farm Machines
A Simple Illustration Relating Energy Needs and Energy Supply to Agricultural Production
Notes to Chapter Four
Chapter Five Energy and Development Policy
Notes to Chapter Five
Appendix a Useful Energy
Notes to Appendix A
Appendix B Biogasification
The Anaerobic Fermentation Process
SOME ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN OF Biogasification SYSTEMS
Notes to Appendix B
Bibliography
Index