Tropical Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

This FACT sheet is based on a Dutch report on biofuels, prepared by Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands. FACT has translated the document from Dutch into English with the intention of making it available to the largest possible audience. Main target groups of this document are parties involved in the development of sustainable biofuels in developing countries (NGO’s, small and medium sized enterprises, local entrepreneurs, local governments, local farmers and farmers groups). We hope the document helps in making well balanced decisions on new research and projects involving tropical sugar beet. Our main aim is to provide information and assist in the development of projects, either research or (semi-) commercial development, that:

- bring development to the local population,
- do not threaten food security,
- have no negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity,
- reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
- have a positive energy balance.