Kenya Banks On Biofuels
8 November 2007 The multi-purpose plant, which could grow on Kenya’s vast areas of semi-arid land, also could meet a range of critical needs for resource-poor African farmers. The country has set a target of 200 hectares under Jatropha cultivation in the coming 20 years, the same as South Africa and India. Peter Moll, chairman of the Biodiesel Kenya project, explains that it will take more than 10 years to produce enough seeds for sustainable commercial biofuel production.
The country’s National Biosafety Committee, a stakeholders’ forum created by the Ministry of Energy, is crafting a policy framework for the development of biodiesel, as well as investigating methods of producing biofuels from corn, soybeans, and sugarcane.
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