Agrofuels Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction
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Biographical note
François Houtart was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He is the author of Agrofuels: Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction (Pluto, 2010) amongst author books. He was chief editor of the journal Social Compass, and the editor of Alternatives Sud. He was the joint winner of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize 2009 for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence. Walden Bello is an author, academic and political analyst. He is a professor of sociology and public administration at the University of the Philippines. He is the co-author of Dark Victory: The United States, Structural Adjustment and Global Poverty (Pluto, 1998).'Presents the issue of agrofuels within the global context of the capitalist economy, stressing the role played by the oligopolies in promoting 'green energy'. This is the best book so far written on the subject'
- Samir Amin, Director of the Third World Forum in Dakar,
'A unique and important contribution to the debate on agrofuels. Vital reading for all those interested not only in the question of agrofuels, but also in the direction of our civilisation and its shameful waste of natural resources'
- Professor Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food,
'That solutions can be the causes of problems is well known and brilliantly illustrated by François Houtart's account of the nature, role and impact of agrofuels. Technically sound, socially thorough and politically grounded, it is also compassionate'
- Susan George, Honorary President of ATTAC-France and President of the Board of the Transnational Institute,