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The Biofuels Situation

Just a short comment, when the biofuels debate reaches the front page of Time magazine, it is surely significant.

from: Time (click image for full story online)

Although the contradictors are already at work, I feel we should all acknowledge that very massive and rapid change is happening that could have extremely serious [...]

Global Agro-Industries Forum (GAIF)

India will host the first global conference on agro-industries, to be held in New Delhi from 8-11 April 2008.

from: GAIF Website (click image for full story online)

The website defines the reasons for the forum as:

Why the Global Forum

The development of competitive agro-industries is crucial for creating employment and income [...]

Bottom of the Pyramid

I said I would be discussing the Bottom of the Pyramid model and how it can apply to poverty alleviation in Africa. I am writing what I have come to understand from some reading and browsing and do it because I suspect we are not yet using the international learning in this area in Africa.

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Indigenous Fruit Use – Tanzania

Following on my previous blog on the the potential of indigenous fruits in AfricaI today read an article on progress that has been made in Tanzania.

from: The Daily Fruit Wine Blog

 

This article lists four trees that are being planted and five, including the baobab, tamirand and marula which are harvested [...]

Establishing Businesses by Donating the Means of Production

I have come across three similar business models being talked about in agribusiness related development in the last few weeks. I talk about them here but don’t claim to cover there whole operation but rather the Means of Production part and am not commenting at all on their impact or outputs as I think they [...]

Biofuels & the Bottom of the Pyramid

Having recently spent lot of time scouring the INTERNET I have been struck by the focus that there is now on two issues that impact on development in Africa – Biofuels and BOP enterprise models.

Biofuels

As Europe and the USA see the effect expanding refining is having on their agriculture and understand the overall [...]