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How SABMiller is Making Green Beer at the Bottom of the Pyramid
GreenBiz.com (blog) That’s a big reason why the company, which had revenues of $ 28 billion last year, recently began selling Impala, a beer made from cassava, in Mozambique. Similarly, for about a decade, SABMiller has been selling Eagle Lager, a beer brewed with sorghum, … Africa’s first green, locavore, gluten-free beerGrist Magazineall 2 news articles » |
Cassava in the News: Producción de etanol a base de yuca veragüense
Unos 200 productores de yuca de áreas rurales de la provincia de Veraguas se han propuesto conquistar el mercado europeo con la exportación de este tubérculo y sus derivados.
Además, proyectan sacarle un beneficio extra para que a futuro se convierta en la materia prima para la producción de etanol para biocombustible.
Hotel Pincoffs visits the Agro2 project in Panama
Hotel Pincoffs, the greenest hotel in Holland and located the heart of Rotterdam, is planting trees for each guest using the meeting rooms in the hotel. By doing this Hotel Pincoffs wants to compensate its CO2 footprint and create a actual forrest by time. The reforestation project of Agro2 has been selected to plant the [...]
Agro2 gives presentation ‘Cassava as bio mass’
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Agro2 in the News: Agro2 plants trees for Dutch Suitehotel Pincoffs
Suitehotel Pincoffs is a boutique hotel in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and is well known for its green aspirations and original marketing activities. Hotel Pincoffs plants a tree for each guest, complimentary and Agro2 is their partner for the actual planting of the trees, which will be done in Agro2′s project in Panama. Agro2 developed a [...]
Agro2 invests in a Cassava planter and uprooter
In order to the development of a new area of about 100 hectares with cassava production, Agro2 decided to invest in a cassava planter and uprooter. The supplier of the machines is the Brazilian company, PlantiCenter. With the new equipment, Agro2 will be able to develop and manage the plantations in a more efficient way. [...]
How SABMiller is Making Green Cassava Beer
Posted by Agro2 on January 13th, 2012
Clarity needed on govt policy to promote cassava plantations – The Nation
Posted by Agro2 on January 8th, 2012
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Clarity needed on govt policy to promote cassava plantations
The Nation The government needs to clarify its policy direction on whether or how to promote cassava plantation. Otherwise, cassava planters will be vulnerable to the changing government policies, which have adversely affected their produce already. … |
Our cassava plan is to revive Nigeria’s economy – Adesina – Vanguard
Posted by Agro2 on January 6th, 2012
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Our cassava plan is to revive Nigeria’s economy – Adesina
Vanguard By Jimoh Babatunde THE Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has revealed that the Cassava Transformation Plan of his ministry is meant to revive the country’s economy and create jobs for millions of Nigerians. Speaking during a meeting with … |
Cassava in the News: Tentative Truth On the Cassava Bread Policy in Nigeria
Posted by Agro2 on January 5th, 2012
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Nigeria: Tentative Truth On the Cassava Bread Policy
AllAfrica.com Let’s take a look at the Cassava Bread Policy and the involvement of the Ministry of Agriculture. Only three weeks ago, the Minister of Agriculture was in Ekiti to sign a memorandum of understanding with the state government aimed at enhancing … |
Cassava farms affected by phytoplasma – BusinessWorld Online Edition
Posted by Agro2 on January 1st, 2012
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Cassava farms affected by phytoplasma
BusinessWorld Online Edition TACLOBAN CITY — The Philippine Root Crop Research and Training Center (PhilRootcrops) has warned of a disease that is ravaging cassava farms in Eastern Visayas. Erlinda A. Vasquez, pest management specialist at PhilRootcrops based at the Visayas State … |
Not Everyone Pleased with New Vitamin A-Fortified Cassava
Posted by Agro2 on December 31st, 2011
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Not Everyone Pleased with New Vitamin A-Fortified Cassava
Inter Press Service By Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Dec 30, 2011 (IPS) – Using hybridisation and selective breeding, researchers in Nigeria have developed three new yellow varieties of cassava, a staple crop in much of Africa, which they say will help fight … |
UTC to begin 40% Cassava inclusion in bread production – BusinessDay
Posted by Agro2 on December 29th, 2011
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UTC to begin 40% Cassava inclusion in bread production
BusinessDay The management of the United Trading Company (UTC) has revealed that it has set out plans to cooperate with flour manufacturers and leading corporate bakers to achieve the Federal Governments drive for the inclusion of 40 percent High Quality Cassava … THE CASSAVA BREAD POLICYNigerian Tribune Cassava bread: No health hazards – FGVanguard Bakers get 12% tax rebateThe Nation The Nation Newspaper -Leadership Newspapers all 15 news articles » |
Kingdom’s cassava crop hurt by Thai holiday break – Phnom Penh Post
Posted by Agro2 on December 27th, 2011
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Kingdom’s cassava crop hurt by Thai holiday break
Phnom Penh Post Holiday slowdowns in Thailand have weighed on Cambodia’s cassava crop, with the price per kilogram falling almost 50 per cent in five days. Cassava purchasers from Thailand – a big export market for Cambodia – have suspended production during the … |
Boost in cassava production targeted by Agriculture dep’t
Posted by Agro2 on December 26th, 2011
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Boost in cassava production targeted by Agriculture dep’t
BusinessWorld Online Edition (NABCOR), is planning to spend P20 million to P25 million next year to support an ongoing project aimed to boost cassava production in the province of Samar, an official said yesterday. “I will be proposing P20- to P25-million funding from the DA … |
Minister laments neglect of cassava production – The Nation
Posted by Agro2 on December 22nd, 2011
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Minister laments neglect of cassava production
The Nation By Our Reporter 12 hours 28 minutes ago Nigeria will save at least N250 billion yearly if it focuses on cassava production , the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said. The minister also said the same amount is … Agriculture 2011: Transformation Strategy On CourseLeadership Newspapers |
