Modern economic policy making in Nigeria has placed enormous emphasis on diversification of the economy to non … agriculture plus off-farm agribusiness) to accelerate inclusive recovery from the 2020 recession, create jobs, and reduce poverty … create jobs, reduce poverty, and improve nutrition outcomes. Next, the report offers to highlight the complex set of factors …

. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all … scenarios, biofuels accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty. However, a stronger tradeoff between biofuels and food …-shortage amongst female workers also limits poverty reduction. Policy simulations indicate that only modest improvements in women …

household poverty. Results indicate that there are economic incentives to convert unused lands to sugarcane-ethanol production … involve smallholders in feedstock production in order to reduce rural poverty, especially since our results indicate that … biofuel strategy for Tanzania by limiting potential poverty reduction. Unlike previous studies, our integrated assessment …