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Perspective: A new hope for Africa

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  • Lee R. Lynd

    (Lee R. Lynd is a professor at Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering in Hanover, New Hampshire, and coordinator of the executive committee of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy project.)

  • Jeremy Woods

    (Jeremy Woods is a lecturer at Imperial College London, and codirector of the Porter Alliance.)

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Bioenergy could help bring food security to the world's poorest continent, say Lee R. Lynd and Jeremy Woods.

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  • Lee R. Lynd & Jeremy Woods, 2011. "Perspective: A new hope for Africa," Nature, Nature, vol. 474(7352), pages 20-21, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:474:y:2011:i:7352:d:10.1038_474s020a
    DOI: 10.1038/474S020a
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