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The Allied Atlantic Distilleries Limited (AADL), Africa’s biggest maker of ethanol from cassava, says improved varieties and best-bet agronomic practices in the production of cassava, which it obtained from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and passed on to farmers have almost doubled the yield of the root crop, making it possible for farmers to supply more of this raw material to the industry than earlier expected. Commissioned on 30 January (Thursday) in Lasada, Igbese community in Ogun State, the ethanol factory will produce 9 million liters per annum of extra neutral alcohol, requiring approximately 250 tons of cassava per day. Already over 8,000 farmers located within 70-km radius of Igbesa covering Ogun and Oyo states, southwest Nigeria, have been engaged and the factory is providing more than 40,000 indirect jobs to people in the area, Mr Ola Rosiji, Chairman of AADL said.  “With the support of IITA, our farmers have doubled their yields from an

Mr E. Awunyo Secretary, VEGGHANA delivering his welcome address @ the launch The International Vegetarian Union (IVU) has chosen Ghana as the first African country to host the 42 nd International Vegetarian festival for the first time ever since its inception. The World Vegefest is an annual event which is rotated among six regions mainly Africa,Asia Pacific,Asia South and west,Europe,Latin America and North America. Last year witnessed the whole world converged at Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia to mark the 41 st edition of the World Vegefest event in grandeur, this year Ghana is blessed to be  honored as the first African Nation to host it come  this October 2014. Members of the high-table look-on The 42 nd World Vegefest 2014 event   is scheduled to come off in Accra from 1 st  to 6 th October, 2014 was launched yesterday on the 5 th of February in Accra at the International press Conference centre on the theme:”Miraculously Preserved: Celebrating life at the