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To Eat or To Grow Biofuel: That is the Question

guandiem — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:07:10 +0000

Is biofuel production competing with food production for African land space, or can the two forms of land-use coexist?

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To Eat or To Grow Biofuel: That is the Question

To Eat or To Grow Biofuel: That is the Question

vegxive — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:07:10 +0000

Is biofuel production competing with food production for African land space, or can the two forms of land-use coexist?

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To Eat or To Grow Biofuel: That is the Question

Attitude key to urban grooves’ future

xrumer — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:57:00 +0000

In last week’s article I wrote about the origins of the urban groove’s genre.

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Attitude key to urban grooves’ future

vetdtigkef — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:57:00 +0000

In last week’s article I wrote about the origins of the urban groove’s genre.

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Study: Africa to look to bioenergy crops

avialicensing — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:27:46 +0000

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, July 23 (UPI) — Crops could be produced for bioenergy production across Africa without displacing food production to “unlock Africa’s latent potential,” a report says. Burkina Faso – Africa – Ouagadougou – Government – Embassies and Consulates

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Report finds bioenergy production can expand across Africa without displacing food

bioconnect — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:05:00 +0000

Crops can be produced for bioenergy on a significant scale in west, eastern and southern Africa without doing damage to food production or natural habitats, according to a report produced by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Imperial College London and CAMCO International. The study was released today at the 5th African Agriculture Science Week in Burkina Faso.

Noticias: Are biofuels worth the investment in East Africa?

takaxbfo — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:11:00 +0000

The situation is worsened by the fact that many farmers tend to intercrop jatropha with food crops on arable land thus reducing food production for little or no gain. Dr Ramni Jamnadass, Co-leader of the World Agroforestry Centre’s …

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Amid Threat to Food Security, Government Opens More Farm Lands to Foreign Firms (Bulatlat.com)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:58:23 +0000

MANILA — The recent typhoons highlighted land and crop use conversion as a factor in worsening the effects of disasters on food production and the need to ensure adequate land for food production. However amid all these, government has reserved more hectares of agricultural land for export crops and use of foreign agro-corporations.

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16. Importance of access to palm oil study raised (The Star)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:51:05 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR: The need for proper data compilation for the life cycle assessment (LCA) study on palm oil production to counter outdated and misleading data from Western countries used in the calculation of palm oil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was hi…

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African Agriculture: Malawi advocates jatropha as eco-friendly …

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:14:01 +0000

The name “ jatropha ” comes from two Greek words meaning “physician” and “nutrition” and is more commonly known as “physic nut.” Supporters say the plant poses less of a threat to food production than other biofuel feedstocks such as …

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