Inter Press ServiceFarmers can grow food and bio fuels in West Africa https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/farmers-can-grow-food-and-bio-fuels-in-west-africa/ News and Views from the Global South Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:14:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Farmers can grow food and bio fuels in West Africa https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/farmers-can-grow-food-and-bio-fuels-in-west-africa/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/farmers-can-grow-food-and-bio-fuels-in-west-africa/#respond Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:29:12 +0000 IPS Correspondents http://ipsnews.wpengine.com/?p=109700

By IPS Correspondents
Jun 7 2012 (IPS)

Tinus de Jager speaks to Hugo Verkuijl, DG of MaliBiocarburant, who produces biofuels “in a way that supplements farmers’ incomes, contributes to poverty alleviation and respects the environment”. The question is whether farmers can grow both food and fuel in Western Africa.

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