Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land …
Posted in Uncategorized, biofuel, mozambique on Mar 5th, 2010
Mozambique has signed a $2bn deal to give 10000 Chinese “settlers” land in return for $3m in military aid from Beijing. Right
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ReliefWeb » Document » Mozambique: The costs of biofuel
Posted in Uncategorized, mozambique on Mar 1st, 2010
Editor’s note: ESV announced in late November 2009 that it had sold its jatropha venture in Mozambique to an Italian partnership for $4 million—contingent on payment of all back wages and taxes by ESV. …
African Agriculture: Mozambique: The costs of biofuel
Posted in Uncategorized, mozambique on Feb 28th, 2010
Editor’s note: ESV announced in late November 2009 that it had sold its jatropha venture in Mozambique to an Italian partnership for $4 million—contingent on payment of all back wages and taxes by ESV. …
Rejection of Bristol biofuel plant is not end of the story …
Posted in Uncategorized, mozambique on Feb 27th, 2010
Jatropha is not currently available on a commercial scale;; Despite claims it can grow on marginal land and therefore will benefit poor countries such as Mozambique and Madagascar, the yield is so small that people grow it on prime …
I Luv SA: Farming in Africa – the implications
Posted in Uncategorized, biofuel, mozambique on Feb 26th, 2010
Some large foreign companies have contributed to developing large-scale rice and vegetable production in Mozambique – for example, MocFer’s operations in the Chokwe area. The potential for producing biofuel feedstock, such as jatropha , …
The Freedom Fighter's Journal: Another Failing Biofuel “Miracle“
Posted in Uncategorized, biofuel, india, mozambique on Feb 25th, 2010
Meanwhile, millions of jatropha trees are being grown instead of food on farms from Ghana and Guatemala to Mozambique and India. EU companies have reportedly leased 5 million hectares of land for biofuel production, much of it in Africa …
Global philanthropy: Swissaid – Cultivons la liberté !
Posted in Uncategorized, biofuel, mozambique on Feb 22nd, 2010
A Bad Zurzach (Argovie), la société Green Biofuel SA vient d’obtenir l’autorisation de construire une usine d’agrodiesel qui transformera sur place des noix de jatropha originaires du Mozambique . SWISSAID exprime sa plus vive …
Hudson Institute > Another Failing Biofuel "Miracle"
Posted in Uncategorized, biofuel, india, mozambique on Feb 21st, 2010
Meanwhile, millions of jatropha trees are being grown instead of food on farms from Ghana and Guatemala to Mozambique and India. EU companies have reportedly leased 5 million hectares of land for biofuel production, much of it in Africa …
ti_opinion – Tim Rice: The growing concerns about jatropha
Posted in Uncategorized, biofuel, india, mozambique on Feb 15th, 2010
Unfortunately, jatropha is not the only thing that has been oversold in the rush to turn plants into fuel. Biofuels are spreading fast. From Ghana to Guatemala and Mozambique to India, ActionAid is seeing the consequences of Western …
Bosses blog: The growing concerns about jatropha
Posted in Uncategorized, biofuel, india, mozambique on Feb 15th, 2010
Unfortunately, jatropha is not the only thing that has been oversold in the rush to turn plants into fuel. Biofuels are spreading fast. From Ghana to Guatemala and Mozambique to India, ActionAid is seeing the consequences of Western …