WMC REPORT - Providing a Sustainable Industry
SOUTH AFRICA - The sustainability of the international meat industry and the need to meet the demands of a growing world population and growing consumption were the major themes to...

Odyssey Acquires ALG Western Oil
SOUTH AFRICA - Odyssey Oil & Gas has acquired ALG Western Oil (Pty) Ltd. a South African based company that has the technology to produce bio-fuels from Algae.

Climate Change Could Damage SA Corn Crop
SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa's corn yield will fall by 20 percent in 15 to 20 years due to climate change, says South African Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.

Durban Project Aiming for Fuel from Algae
DURBAN - According to IOL, the city of Durban is aiding in the development of a new liquid fuel technology involving the harvest of tint plants and nutrients from local sewage.

Linking the Oil Price to the Euro
JOHANNESBURG - According to Jean Temkin (AllAfrica), as the price of oil rises, it is gradually being realised that the reason may be because of the 14 Opec countries (Organisation...

South Africa: Missing Harvest for Lack of Attention
JOHANNESBURG - Food for thought (as presented by AllAfrica's Hilary Joffe) - is South Africa taking it's food policy seriously?

R1.5 Million Bio-fuels Plant for SA
PRETORIA - South Africa's agro-processing got a boost this week with news of a R1.5 billion investment in a bio-fuels processing facility.

Biofuels and Meat at Cape Town Congress
SOUTH AFRICA - The International Meat Secretariat is to hold its 17th World Meat Congress in Cape Town from 7-10 September 2008.

Maize surplus boost for biofuel
CAPE TOWN - The government was prepared to reconsider the exclusion of maize in the production of biofuels, Grain SA, the maize farmer organisation, said last week.

Maize surplus boost for biofuel
CAPE TOWN - The government was prepared to reconsider the exclusion of maize in the production of biofuels, Grain SA, the maize farmer organisation, said last week.

Africa: 2008 Promises Good Returns for Farmers
SOUTH AFRICA - African producers of almost all agricultural commodities can expect strong prices on global markets next year, with growing investor interest boosting demand-related...

Three SA biofuel refineries set to come out of blocks
SOUTH AFRICA - The government's biofuel strategy has given impetus to at least three large refinery projects that are at relatively advanced stages of planning, at the same time as...

Africa-EU energy deals to cut deaths and poverty
SOUTH AFTICA - Five hundred million people from Africa do not have electricity and 400 000 more die annually from diseases caused by pollution in their own homes. Now, Africa's renewed...