Mandatory fuel blending to be introduced in South Africa On 30 September 2013, South Africa’s Department of Energy announced new mandatory blending requirements, whereby the country’s petroleum manufactur... 08/12/2013
RSPO members questioned over sustainability of palm oil production GreenPalm, “a certificate trading body… designed to tackle the environmental and social problems created by the production of palm oil”, has publis... 28/04/2013
Trends and prospects in the EU cereals sector In its report, ‘Prospects for agricultural markets and income in the EU 2012–2020’ published in December 2012, the EC notes that in 2011, EU cereal... 15/04/2013
Scope for poverty alleviation focused biofuel production in Tanzania According to an article published in August 2012 in the journal Energy Economics, ‘a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model’ of bio... 06/04/2013
Prospects for global sugar prices in 2013 In December 2012, the website Agrimoney.com posted a review of analysts’ projections for global sugar prices in 2013. The analysis notes that in 20... 24/02/2013
EU farmers and biofuel industry mobilise against the EC biofuel U-turn In a letter to the European Commission in early October 2012, Copa-Cogeca, the EU farmers’ and agricultural cooperatives’ organisation, affirmed it... 16/12/2012
Opportunities for ethanol exports to US support global sugar prices In October 2012, the web-based news service Agrimoney.com reported that, with reduced US maize production and rising maize prices, US ethanol produ... 02/12/2012
Growing calls for review of EU biofuels policy In a joint statement on 4 September 2012, the heads of FAO, IFAD and WFP called for a review and adjustment of ‘policies currently in place that en... 18/11/2012
Developments in the EU and global biofuels sector The USDA annual review of the EU27 biofuels sector, published in June 2012, provides a comprehensive review of developments. It sets out: the bas... 16/09/2012
New biofuels policy could provide boost to Zimbabwean sugar sector According to a report published by USDA, proposals for a new biofuels policy in Zimbabwe should benefit sugar cane producers, as the sugar pricing... 30/01/2012