Embrapa Will Open Panamanian Headquarters

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The president of International Cooperation at Panama's Agricultural Development Ministry said that the presence of this company will boost feasibility studies for ethanol production.

"For the time being, the company expects to install Panela commercializing plants with a double objective: unsold inventory will be adapted to ethanol production", reports Prensa.com.

Source: Prensa.com

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Panama: $16 Million for Biofuels

August 2009

In the next five years, the State will install a biodiesel and an ethanol plant.

The project, directed by the Ministry of Agricultural Development (Mida), also includes activating an existing biodiesel plant.

"The existing machinery is worth $1 million, and was built by the state-owned Colombian Corporation of Agricultural Research", reported Prensa.com.

"Optimal" Conditions for Ethanol Production

July 2009

An OAS feasibility study concluded that El Salvador has what it takes for developing an ethanol industry.

The feasibility study for ethanol production analyzed climate conditions, soil and historic biofuel production.

"We found out that conditions are more than optimal for developing bioenergy" stated Francisco Burgos, an expert from the Organization of American States (OAS), whose opinion was published in an article in Elsalvador.com.

$2 Million for Biodiesel Plant in Panama

September 2010

The Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) will build a biodiesel plant in Buena Vista, Colon Province.

The start of construction is scheduled for the first quarter of next year and has a projected production of about 10 thousand liters of biodiesel.

According to Prensa.com "the Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, leader in agricultural research in Brazil, will provide MIDA technical assistance in implementing the plant."

Colombian Agriculture Ministry to build a biodiesel plant in El Salvador

April 2008

With the goal of strengthening and promoting cooperation under the MesoAmerican Biofuel Project framework, which in turn is part of the Puebla to Panama Plan, Colombia's Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry last September signed a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation in biofuels with El Salvador .

To carry out the project, the ministry delivered to the Colombian Corporation of Agricultural Research (Corpoica) two billion pesos to get the project started.