Comments on: Friends of the Earth kicks against Jatropha production in Africa

By: momen salih

momen salih — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:52:14 +0000

I think we have to examine every country Situation.Take sudan ,is suitable for Jatropha..Pleanty of Land for everyone.Enough supply of Water.If agood jatropha Project is Implemented..it can do miracle to the land,halt Desert incroachment,Halt soil errosion,Create employment and badly needed Fuel(oil from jatropha)to local
Pumps..as well for Export.,employment.Iam sure everyone will benefit.Not to forget Can sell Carbon Credit.So Sudan is an exceptional,let Friend of the earth look at sudan,before making thier comment

By: Wanje Patrick

Wanje Patrick — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:48:10 +0000

In South Africa today, there are huge tracks of land which have already set aside for bio fuel production. What makes the matters worse is the fact that these are sugarcane plantations-sugar which could be used as food but due to the pressure from the west, this sugar is turned into a source of bio fuel. In rural Ganze, Kilifi District in Coastal Kenya where i was born and where hunger has become a talk of the day for very many years, people now think jatropha farming is the only way out of this problem. Supporters of this project are not informed at all. We have to stop this and i join this campaign. I have been at the forefront of organizing community members to stage up a campaign against this ‘innovation’. …….I would like to hear more from FOE on the how best i could intensify this campaingn to other parts of the region where some huge portions of land have been identified for the same project.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:34:41 +0000

Investors are being targeted to invest in jatropha production. Publicize the fors and againsts of it’s production, quickly!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:49:02 +0000

if so why are commodity prices falling so rapidly even though jatropha cultivation is on the increase. You cannot rely on imported food and expect when fuel prices triple you will not be affected . Increases in wheat prices was not due to jatropha as main producers of wheat are NOT in the tropic zones where jatropha is being promoted.

By: kishor hadkhale

kishor hadkhale — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:56:08 +0000

Yes
it is true. Jartopha production in lagre scale will definitely the ‘crime against humanity’ as said. Food prises has risen up dramatically very high in a past couple of years only due to high production of biofuel plants .

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:58:38 +0000

“For a continent that has water shortage this is surely an avoidable problem.”

Who is this Guy..who said Africa has a shortage of water..clean water maybe..but who uses clean drinking water for plantation …

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:56:58 +0000

Well well well..lets start cutting down the 1 million HA of cocoa trees we grown and export 99% to the west and grow corn to feed ourselves. Such misplaced comments.

By: zizo

zizo — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:30:35 +0000

There is enough land in Ghana for food crop and cash crop production.
This whole issue bores down to effective use of land.