D-8 has identified some potential cooperation to combat the rising food prices threat, one of them is establishing a Seeds Bank in D-8 Countries
The Egyptian International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Director General Dr. Mahmoud…

The meeting in Abuja will be covering diverse issues related to technology, including biodiesel technologies for the benefit of D-8 countries
Biodiesel producer Mission Biotechnologies Sdn Bhd became the first Asian company to receive the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification…

Workers at a poultry facility in Bolu packing chickens for sale. Turkish poultry producers have pinned their hopes on increasing exports particularly to neighbor countries, as well as to D-8 market
Turkey’s poultry exports in the first quarter of 2009…

Pakistan says volatility in oil prices, environmental concerns have enhanced need for developing alternative fuel
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday asked the government to take measures on war footing to achieve self-reliance in indigenous fuel. Addressing a briefing…

Poulterer Banvit confident of weathering financial crisis and emerging a winner.
The CEO of Bandırma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi A.Ş (Banvit) Ömer Görener
“We will expand our market share in 2009 and have no plans to lay off any of our…

Sweet Sorghum as source for bioethanol
Nigeria-based Global Biofuels is establishing the first of a number of refineries for the production of bioethanol from sweet sorghum.
Ethanol will be blended with petrol to make E10.
Global Biofuels is planning to…

Biodiesel as alternative energy resource gains momentum for D-8
Malaysia and Indonesia, which jointly account for 85% of global palm oil production, will implement the blending of biofuel into fossil diesel early next year (2009), the two countries said in…

Biodiesel will contribute to the economic growth
The Malaysian government has approved 91 licences with a total approved capacity of 10.2 million tonnes of biodiesel which will contribute to the economic growth of the country, Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries…

Biofuel as an alternative source of energy
Malaysia has urged its private sector to work with its counterpart in Brazil in developing biofuel as an alternative source of energy.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim said with the abundant natural…

Iran has relatively 300 sunny days throughout the year, but is still a novice in using solar energy.
Solar Energy as potentially alternative energy
Iran is the fourth country in the world in terms of generating electricity from solar energy.…