:Title:    Ethanol
:Author:   Ben Parkinson
:Date:     Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:27:18 PST
:URL:      http://www.ned.com/group/nigeria/news/0/

I have recently been asked to look into the feasibility of developing an ethanol plant to provide consistent income for village dwellers in Southern Kaduna.  They are mainly focused on the growing of Cassava, which amongst other things produces a flour, which can be turned into Ethanol.  Cassava is a good provider of ethanol in comparison to, say, corn.

Seeing as even before I have done the research, I have a buyer for the product, it seems that this is a good and long-term solution for providing consistent jobs in rural areas, where farming is part of the culture.  I can find very little information, however, where this has actually already been done in Africa, let alone Nigeria.  Am I missing something?