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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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