Study: Mozambique's Potential in Biofuel Market

However, Hoyt, from company Ecoenergy, said that the authorities should take into account the distribution of land for production given the “potential conflict between energy and food,” reports Macauhub.

The document, which was presented at a two-day seminar on “National Strategy for Biofuels in Mozambique,” held in Maputo, showed that production in the country, “would be competitive,” considering “the standard in other countries,” and based on the “excellent natural conditions that are available,” as well as the “increasing growth of demand for ethanol,” and biodiesel on the international market.

According to the study, Mozambique has 27 million hectares of fertile land, 5 million of which are in production, mostly, “concentrated in high areas in the centre and north,” of the country (Inhambane, Zambezia and Niassa).

The government was also advised to “promote various crops of raw materials,” for biofuel production in order to “limit the dramatic impacts of prices that would especially affect poorer people.”

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