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Mozambique: Guebuza visits jatropha processing plant
Source : allafrica.com
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Saturday visited a small jatropha processing plant in Bilibiza, in Quissanga district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. The oil from the seeds of the jatropha shrub can be transformed into high quality bio-diesel, and certain vehicle manufacturers such as Daimler-Chrysler, have been experimenting with biodiesel from jatropha as an alternative to fossil fuels. Jatropha also has the great advantage that it does not necessarily compete with food crops, since it can be grown on marginal land. The Bilibiza plant cost about 900'000 meticais (30'000 US dollars), made available by the FACT (Fuel from Agriculture in Communal Technology) Foundation. It employs seven workers, and supplies local communities with jatropha oil that is used as a substitute for kerosene in illumination. It is also use to make soap, and to drive away elephants that invade the fields of Bilibiza farmers (the fields are fenced with jatropha, which keeps the animals away).
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15 June 2011 |
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