‘We should not compete with food resources. That is why we are going for non-traditional food crops,’ said NaCRRI lead researcher Yona Baguma.
Ethanol production from cellulose is difficult than ethanol from food crops because it requires the complex carbohydrates in cellulose to be broken down into simpler sugars before the start of ethanol conversion.
Uganda has yet to develop its infrastructure to exploit the reserves of fossil fuels which is abundantly available in the country
Initially, less investment and time is required for biofuel production and its development.
The Ugandan Government proposes that, when fossil fuel exploitation does begin, Uganda should make oil companies to blend fossil oil with bioethanol, lengthening the wells’ lives as well as reducing carbon emissions.
