Kenya Biofuels Boom and Bust http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/kenya_biofuels_boom_and_bust
<quote> the farmers` luck ran out in April when biofuel prices suddenly plummeted from an average of $10 per kilo to less than $0.5 per kilo. Biofuel research companies, producers and NGOs supporting the production of environmentally friendly diesel had created an artificially high demand for the seeds, which resulted a high pricing structure that could not be maintained in an open market in the long-term. </quote> The government and donor agencies threw in tons of money into biofuel on the back of high oil prices, and demand. The free money created an artificial demand. Now the free ride is over - and so is the demand.
