Using "EC-Assess" to Assess a Small Biofuels Project in Honduras

Autor/in	Ngassa, Franklin Chamda
Titel	Using "EC-Assess" to Assess a Small Biofuels Project in Honduras
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 4 (2010) 2, S.287-296 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-4082
DOI	10.1177/097340821000400218
Schlagwörter	Economic Development; Rural Economics; Program Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Rural Development; Ethics; Rural Education; Sustainable Development; Conservation (Environment); International Cooperation; Agricultural Occupations; Fuels; Questionnaires; Peace; Honduras + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Ausland; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Ethik; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Treibstoff; Fragebogen; Frieden
Abstract	Biofuels may contribute to both rural economic development and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Gota Verde Project in Yoro, Honduras, attempts to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of small-scale biofuel production for local use by implementing a distinctive approach to feedstock production that encourages small farm sizes, mixed cropping of biofuel feedstock from Jatropha and food crops, particularly corn and beans, grown side by side on the same farmland and the total involvement of small rural farmers. But is the project sustainable? Using EC-Assess, the Earth Charter ethics-based assessment tool, to assess the sustainability of this project, the author found that in some assessment categories the actions surpassed the intended objectives, showing that the project was achieving certain Earth Charter goals without specifically stating its intention to address them. (Contains 3 images, 3 figures and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10