"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of agronomy".
Analysis of oil quality and content from different Kenyan land races of Croton megalocarpus
Abstract:
The increasing industrialization and motorization of the world
has led to a steep rise in demand of petroleum-based fuels.
Today, fossil fuels constitute 80% of the primary energy
consumed in the world, of which 58% alone is consumed by
the transport sector. The sources of these fossil fuels are
becoming exhausted, but in addition they are contributing to
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These factors have prompted
a move towards alternative, renewable, sustainable, efficient
and cost-effective energy sources with lesser emissions. Biofuels
have been identified as being environmentally friendly in that
they are renewable, biodegradable and generate acceptable
quality of exhaust gases. In this study, we will characterize
biodiesel quality from different Croton landraces in Kenya.
L’industrialisation et la motorisation croissantes du monde ont
mené à une forte élévation de la demande des carburants basés
essentiellement sur le pétrole. Aujourd’hui, les combustibles
fossiles constituent 80% de l’énergie primaire consommée dans
le monde, dont 58% seuls sont consommés par le secteur de
transport. Les sources de ces combustibles fossiles sont entrain
de s’épuiser, mais en plus elles contribuent aux émissions de
gaz à effet de serre (GHG). Ces facteurs ont incité un
mouvement vers les sources d’énergie alternative,
renouvelables, durables, efficaces et rentables avec peu
d’émissions. Les biofuels ont été identifiés en tant que non
nuisible à l’environnement du fait qu’ils sont renouvelables,
biodégradable et produisent de la qualité acceptable des gaz
d’échappement. Dans cette étude, nous caractériserons la
qualité de biodiesel de différents cochons de Croton au Kenya.
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English
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2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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143-146
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