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Research Launches Nigeria Nearer To Jatropha Biofuel
IN a bid to boost fuel production in the country, two non-governmnetal organisations, Food for All International, (FFAI) and Center for Jatropha Promotion and Biofuels, at the weekend, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, achieve the goal using Jatropha seed. Said FFAI technical adviser, Prof.Winston Belgam, the aim of the understanding was to assist the petroleum sector meet up the expectation of the people on it - Nov 2008
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Uganda getting on to Jatropha bandwagon
A local company Africa Power Initiative (API) is in advanced stages of producing 60,000 litters a day from locally grown jatropha and other oil seeds in Uganda's north-eastern region of Karamoja. The project fully integrates the local community, was kick-started in April 2008, and is the brainchild of a API in partnership with American and local investors. The farm located in Karamoja's southern most district of Nakapiripit district, employs over 500 people on 2,000 acres of land. - Read More
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Good site for biofuels status in Africa
Lots of info and data in this site, not just for Africa, but for biofuels per se...lots of cost data, data on who is doing what, as well energy efficiency and more - Read More
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Biofuels companies planting in Tanzania
In Tanzania, Sekab of Sweden, has 3000ha under cultivation for agrofuels and plans to have between 15000ha and 30000ha by 2010 - long-term aim is to put 400000ha under sugar cane. Prokon is using 2000 outgrowers on 10000ha of jatropha, which has become a kind of miracle plant in agrofuels circles. Another is by the Dutch firm Bioshape, which has 81 000ha of jatropha under cultivation in Kilwa, Tanzania.
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Biofuels and Tanzania
More than 40 companies had shown an interest in agrofuels in Tanzania - Nov 2008
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