Biofuels World In Manila Sets Perspective On Regional Mandates and New Feedstocks -- Cassava, Sweet Sorghum, Jatropha
MANILA - BiofuelsWorld gives perspective of regional biofuels mandates from Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, India and China. Dramatically reshape Jatropha, Biomass, Algae-Lipids Biomass,...

Haitian Farmers Work with Jatropha
HAITI - According to Eric Kroh (Biodiesel Magazine), Haiti, one of the poorer nations, faces the same dire problems with fuel cost that the rest of the world encounters. But surprisingly,...

First Biodiesel Policy Summit Held in New Mexico
NEW MEXICO - According to Biodiesel Magazine, over 100 representatives from state, academic, environmental and biodiesel industry groups in New Mexico met in late March to discuss the...

Brazil Invests in a Jatropha Plant
RIO DE JANEIRO - Abcesso Technology Ltd. intends to become a large-scale producer of biodiesel in Brazil. Another expectation - to become the first global supplier of jatropha biod...

Special report: Climate change and food prices
GLOBAL - Is the climate to blame for the deadly combination of soaring prices and decline in supply - two factors threatening food security?

PNOC-AFC Continues Jatropha Development Plans for Iwahig
MANILA - The Philippine National Oil Company – Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC), the biofuels arm of state-owned PNOC, is planning on continuing the development of jatropha...

S.W. Florida: New Biodiesel Crop Jatropha Taking Off
US - The roots for a new energy crop in Southwest Florida have been planted.

Novel Stress Tolerance Gene from Jatropha
CHINA - Extreme environmental conditions such as low water availability, extremely high and low temperatures and high salinity restrict plant productivity.

Conversion of rice fields created rice shortage
THE PHILIPPINES - In the Central Luzon plains, Nueva Ecija is unique. In this farming province, the biggest rice producer in this region, there are rows upon rows of rice paddies. But...

India to set up National Biofuel Development Board
MUMBAI, INDIA - The union government is planning to set up a National Biofuel Development Board, it said on Tuesday.

Using Common Sense to Grow Biofuels
US - The future of the Earth could well hinge on the future of earth, the soil beneath our feet. One statistic makes clear why – soils and plants growing on them contain 2.7 times...

Amelot Announces Formation of Jatropha Biofuel Technologies
CHEYENNE - Amelot Holdings Inc. has announced the formation of a new subsidiary, Jatropha Biofuel Technologies, Inc. ("JBTI").

Majors to Cooperate in Jatropha Biodiesel Project
GLOBAL - Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Bayer CropScience AG and Daimler AG plan to jointly explore the potential for a biodiesel industry based on Jatropha (Jatropha curcas...

Go bio-diesel to soften blow of high fuel prices, Way Kurat says
NABUNTURAN - "Let's go biodiesel," Compostela Valley 1st District House Representative Manuel "Way Kurat" Zamora said.

Mission signs deal for Jatropha seeds
AUSTRALIA - The Indian subsidiary of Perth-based Mission Biofuels has signed a deal with an Indian district controlled entity granting it exclusive access to existing plantations of...