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Tanzania halts biofuels investment following jatropha report
In Tanzania, the national government suspended all biofuels investments following news of a impending and scathing report from Envirocare, on the impact of jatropha investment.
Advance highlights of the study, which appeared in The East African newspaper, highlighted that “The government was asleep. We have to stop and set out clear procedures for biofuel investments,” according [...]
US Government supports Tanzanian jatropha with $6.5 million grant
In Tanzania, the US Government has granted $5.4 million to the Tanzanian government for a project to establish a model for jatropha farming in the country. The grant was provided under the Jatropha agriculture and nutrition initiative (JANI) project of the US development agency, USAID.
The project will cover 6800 farmers, initially in the Kilimanjaro, Arusha [...]
Kilimanjaro Biofuels aims for power gen, jatropha in Tanzania
In Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Biofuels is developing a waste-to-energy combined heat and power project as well as a jatropha plantation and biorefinery. The company said that the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania and the Phitsanulok region in Thailand are among those ideally suited for jatropha curcus linn. The company said that it intends to develop jatropha for [...]
Report from Tanzania on opportunities lost, and ahead, for jatropha in Africa
From Tanzania, jatropha developer Clive Richardson (CEO, Kilimanjaro Biofuels) writes this report on the pros and cons of jatropha development in Africa:
“So far this week there has been a lot of very positive feed for Bio Jet Fuel from Jatropha Curcas Linn and a massive amount of very poor agricultural performance reporting from India and [...]
DEG to back 11 jatropha research plantations in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
In Kenya, the German investment and development bank DEG announced that it would support the organization of eleven jatropha plantations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, with a focus on researching opportunities to increase jatropha yields through analysis of varietals, soil conditions, water and nutrient requirements. Results from the project will be compared to similar research [...]
Tanzania biodiesel project first to use croton nuts as feedstock
In Tanzania, Africa Biofuel and Emission Reduction said it would construct a biodiesel plant in the northwestern Kagera province using nuts from the fruit of the Croton tree. Croton seeds have up to 27 percent oil by weight, and grows “prodigiously” in Tanzania according to company founders, where it is used extensively as a shade [...]
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