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Everyday, millions of litres of used cooking vegetable oil are wasted and flushed down the sink in home kitchens, restaurants and hotels around the world. What a waste! Especially as all that used oil can easily be converted into biodiesel, a fuel just like ordinary diesel, could power trucks and machinery. Biodiesel is a cleaner […]
— Named Semi-finalist In MacArthur Foundation Competition For $100m Grant HarvestPlus is targeting 500,000 metric tonnes demand for biofortified crops and foods in Nigeria this year; to tackle micronutrient deficiency, which is rising by the day. HarvestPlus Country Manager, Dr. Paul Ilona, who stated this at the first edition of its bi-monthly business forum, in Ibadan, […]
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was working on a policy that would set aside $50 billion to fund and stimulate investment in production of biofuels. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this in Abuja at the National Capacity Building and Sensitisation Workshop on Biofuels, organized by the Petroleum […]