LES AGROCARBURANTS AU MALI : NOUVEAU PRODUIT, VIEILLES RECETTES ? UNE ANALYSE DE L'EMERGENCE ET DES ENJEUX DU SYSTEME D'INNOVATION « AGROCARBURANT »

Perrine Burnod (1) , Denis Gautier (2) , Laurent Gazull (2)

1 UMR TETIS - Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale
2 UPR BSEF - Biens et services des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux : l'enjeu du changement global

In Mali, since 2005, numerous biofuel projects have been launched. At the moment, only 5 projects are underway. All are based on Jatropha production and outgrowers schemes. They aim to produce oil for rural electrification or biodiesel for transport. Based on a multi-scale analysis, this article aims to analyze the conditions of emergence of this biofuel innovation system. The international dynamic on biofuel materialized in Mali through the announcement of numerous biofuel projects. Our article analyses at the national level what factors have created a window of opportunity for biofuel. Then it characterizes the way agricultural, energy, and research sectors have shaped or hindered the innovation system through lock in effects or social, technical and institutional path dependencies. Based on case studies, the article emphasizes the lack of inter-connexion among the different projects though very similar. It concludes on the coordination stakes to maintain an opportunity window for the development of the biofuel innovation system.

Mots clés: Africa; biofuel; innovation system; opportunity window; path dependency; Jatropha

Domaines: Agriculture, économie et politique

Perrine Burnod, Denis Gautier, Laurent Gazull. LES AGROCARBURANTS AU MALI : NOUVEAU PRODUIT, VIEILLES RECETTES ? UNE ANALYSE DE L'EMERGENCE ET DES ENJEUX DU SYSTEME D'INNOVATION « AGROCARBURANT ». ISDA 2010, Jun 2010, Montpellier, France. 20 p. ⟨hal-00533380⟩