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Miracle bio-fuel crop set for big comeback across Africa

Prof Abdelkader Outzourhit, one of the lead researchers at the Jatropha experimental farm in Morocco. (Photo: Courtesy)

Kenya is among countries to benefit from a five-year regional project to scale up production of jatropha trees in commercial quantities.

In the wake of renewed clamour for environmental conservation, jatropha farming is gathering pace in Africa where countries are basking in the glow of the continent's ambitious green energy plan unveiled last month at the UN-led climate change talks in Morocco.

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