Africa: Experts Highlight Role of Bio-Fuel in Achieving MDGs

Africa must exploit its bio-fuel resources fully and effectively to defeat poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a team of experts underscored at a regional forum on Tuesday.

“Promotion of biofuels industry in developing countries has the capacity to propel such countries to achieve the MDGs through poverty reduction (especially job creation and economic enhancement), health impact and climate change,” the team said in a report presented at a reginal forum of experts in the field of bio-fuel that kicked off at the AU confernce Hall.
The forum is deliberating on the effective and enhanced utilization of biofuel to tackle poverty.

The experts drawn from various African Universities indicated that Africa presents significantly higher biofuel potentials than Europe and even North America and can aid farmers in the continent to earn better income for their produce due to the expanded market of bio-fuel.

According to the report,the majority of African countries that are oil importers can avoid their expenses on oil by utilizing their biofuel resources.

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