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19/07/2011 (Biodiesel Magazine) - In an effort to diversify its feedstock portfolio to allow for input flexibility, Neste Oil said it plans to use jatropha and camelina oils to produce its NExBTL renewable diesel fuel. By introducing these new raw materials in its feedstock base, Neste Oil will increase the proportion of nonfood materials and other inputs that can be grown in cultivated areas less suited for food crops.

19/07/2011 (The Nation Newspaper) - The Federal Government spent over N99 trillion on food importation between 2007 and 2010, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Developments,Dr.Akinwumi Adesina, said yesterday.

19/07/2011 (Biofuels Digest) - In Brussels, the EU will proceed with investment in the biodiesel sector despite a series of leaked EU reports that indicated palm oil, soybeans and rapeseed based biodiesel had a bigger overall impact than conventional diesel on climate change due to the forests and wetlands being destroyed to grow replacement food.

19/07/2011 (Eurasia Review) - Countries that appear to have reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through reforestation may have simply “displaced” the emissions to another country, by increasing their imports of food, timber and wood. A new EU study highlights the need to recognise this ‘loophole’ in ongoing emission targets.

19/07/2011 (Reuters Africa) - Indonesia is forging ahead with its own green palm oil body to regulate and punish firms that do not adhere to environmental standards.

18/07/2011 (Reuters) - The EU will protect existing investment in its $13 billion biodiesel sector even as it acts on new evidence that suggests making the fuel from food crops can do more harm than good in fighting climate change.

18/07/2011 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices declined by Rs 3.50 to Rs 481.50 per 10 kg in futures trade today as traders reduced their positions, taking cues from weak global market

18/07/2011 (Helsinki Times) - Finnish government-controlled refiner Neste Oil said in a statement Thursday it would expand its biofuel feedstock base to include jatropha and camelina oils.

18/07/2011 (Biofuels Digest) - In Belgium, Mustapa Mohamed, Malaysia’s Trade and Industry Minister, stated that more transparency was needed in the EU’s deliberations regarding how it intends to determine the environmental impacts of biofuels and whether or not to limit biofuel imports produced on either farmland or former forests.

18/07/2011 (Platts) - Petrobras Biofuels marked three years of existence Friday with a 10-fold increase in production, with annual capacity of 1.7 billions liter/year, up from 170 million liters in 2008, the company said Friday.

18/07/2011 (Bloomberg) - A delegation of Chinese agricultural engineers and entrepreneurs decided to invest at least 1 billion CFA Francs ($2.15 million) in Benin’s palm oil industry after a visit to the western African nation.

18/07/2011 (Borneo Post) - The regulations on minimum wages for plantation workers would likely be enforced either end of this year or early next year, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said yesterday.