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Ugandan Dairy Developments

The market for farmers supplying fresh milk to the Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Limited’s (SALL) has increased from 50 to 120 thousand litres in the past 18 months and is expected to reach 300 thousand litres in 6 months.

from: Ugandan Independent (click image for full story online)

 

Sameer is a joint [...]

Designer Ethiopian Coffee

Ethiopia has recently settled a trademark dispute with Starbucks, which gives Ethiopia the right to trademarks for certain coffee variaties.

from: Anansi (click image for full story online)

 

Following this Ethiopia has commissioned Brandhouse to assist in branding and promoting Ethiopian coffee, while maintaining its links with Starbucks.

The objective is [...]

Some Africa Relevant Biofuel News Links – 1

This post is a periodic one, that simply lists interesting Biofuel stories that I feel are relevant to Africa. The link will take you to an original article which will acknowledge my source of the story.

Desert plant may hold key to surviving food shortage – Liverpool is starting a project to generate [...]

Baobab approved in EU – notes on the Novel Food Process

The European Union has approved Baobab Pulp as a food processing ingredient under the EU’s novel food legislation.

from: BBC News (click image for full story online)

 

two other links

African Agriculture – Baobab extract approved in EU ingredients market

Food Navigator – Baobab – newest kid on the novel foods block

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Waste Oil to Biodiesel in Germany

A month or so I ago I posted a story on the use of waste streams as raw materials for processing. I noted that there were cases in the USA where waste oil products from restaurants had become so valued that crime and “fat lifting” had began.

Now Petrotec have opened a 100 000 tons [...]