Thursday, November 01, 2007

Project May Boost Biofuels in East Africa

Project May Boost Biofuels in East Africa

By Michael Deibert

Inter Press Service

PARIS, October 30 (IPS) - A new project to develop an integrated sugarcane facility in Kenya could be a boost for biofuels production in east Africa.

The Ngima Project at Homa Bay on the shores of Lake Victoria (‘‘ngima’’ is the word for ‘‘life’’ in the local Luo language) is looking to foster a dual export and domestic system of sugarcane production, concentrating on both white sugar and biofuel production.

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