BIOFUELS PRODUCTION INCREASES IN EASTERN AFRICA
May 1st, 2010
BY WACHIRA KIGOTHO
EAST Africa is developing as an important source of biofuels and biofuel feedstock, with governments keen to attract foreign direct investment for this potentially strategic rural development option.
Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, and Tanzania are countries where foreign companies are competing to acquire land for biofuel projects. Already several are experimenting on jatropha, whose ability to survive in harsh scrubland dry conditions with minimum inputs and easy propagation is useful in the region's often harsh environment and climate. ...
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