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- AAAGRrrr! # 6 SPECIAL BIOFUELS AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUE
... Biofuels, and Climate Change Africa Becoming a Biofuel Battleground 8 September, 2008 ... Biofuel firms from Britain, Netherlands, the United States, Sweden, Japan, ... across the entire continent. In Ghana, the Norwegian firm Biofuel Africa has secured 38,000 hectares (93,860 acres), and Sun Biofuels is ...
Newsletter issue - admin - 10/09/2008 - 16:19 - 2 comments - 0 attachments
- "BIOFUEL BOOM: GREENWASHING AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY (Part I)"
... image of green and clean fuel, so much so, that the main biofuel industry association here in Canada is not only called the Canadian ... by the industry. The Canadian government has even placed biofuel initiatives under their new "EcoAction" programs. But are Canadians ...
Food First page - admin - 03/28/2008 - 17:41 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- U.S. energy policy fuels the “Brazilian-ization” of African agriculture
... there on how they could replicate Brazil's industrial biofuel production, it was ominous news for African small farmers. A recent ... signed two accords with Brazil for a US$6 bn investment in biofuel exploration. In June 2009 the first ethanol manufacturing plant in ...
Blog entry - rjonasse - 02/24/2010 - 13:38 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- The Great Biofuel Hoax
... maintain the consumptive oil-based lifestyle of the North. Biofuel mania obscures the profound consequences of the industrial ... global South. It's time to examine the myths fueling this biofuel boom -- before it's too late. Myth #1: Agro-fuels are clean and ...
Food First page - admin - 03/28/2008 - 18:46 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- La politique énergétique américaine alimente l’expansion des agrocarburants en Afrique
... Harsh working conditions mark production of Brazilian biofuel" CLIQUEZ ICI [ix] Standard Bank, 2010. Brazil weds ...
Blog entry - kerssen - 02/23/2010 - 15:36 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- The Biofuels Bailout: (M)ethadone for our Fuel Addiction?
... the EPA designated sugarcane ethanol as an advanced biofuel that lowers GHG emissions by more than 50%." The president warmed ... changes driving greater global demand for food and biofuel sources, Monsanto Company is investing in a new large-acre row crop, ...
Food First page - admin - 02/04/2010 - 16:15 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- The Biofuels Bailout: (M)ethadone for our Fuel Addiction?
... the EPA designated sugarcane ethanol as an advanced biofuel that lowers GHG emissions by more than 50%." The president warmed ... changes driving greater global demand for food and biofuel sources, Monsanto Company is investing in a new large-acre row crop, ...
Blog entry - admin - 02/04/2010 - 10:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- AAAGRrrr! #5
... Zimbabwe Blames Runaway Inflation on Sanctions, Biofuel http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3578870,00.html ... food prices are a world phenomenon because of the use of biofuel," said Mumbengegwi. Last week, one of the Zimbabwe's leading banks ...
Newsletter issue - admin - 09/17/2008 - 11:35 - 2 comments - 0 attachments
- Is Biotechnology Really the Only Way to Solve Hunger?
... GMO-crop worldwide, go mostly to feed animals or for biofuel; GMO corn is used in animal feed and industrial products; rapeseed is ...
Food First page - admin - 12/10/2009 - 12:41 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- African Agroecological Alternatives to the Green Revolution No. 16 / Alternatives Agroecologiques Africaines à la Révolution Verte No. 16
... Tanzania: Public fury halts biofuel onslaught on farmers By MIKE MANDE October 5 2009 ... across the country would be evicted topave the way for biofuel projects. The criticism peaked last Wednesday when aresearcher from ... BengesiKitundu, said the government was treating the biofuel investments like a“bottomless pit” at the expense of farmers. A ...
Newsletter issue - admin - 11/23/2009 - 08:15 - 0 comments - 0 attachments