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+<br>Kenyans fear  biofuel expansion<br>
+<br>23 March 2011<br>
+<br>By Will Ross<br>
+<br>BBC News, Dakatcha<br>
+<br>Sitting in the shade of a tree next to his thatched mud hut in in [Kenya's Dakatcha](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) Woodlands, Joshua Kahindi Pekeshe is defiant.<br>
+<br>"We are not going to let this land go even if it implies shedding blood," he told the BBC.<br>
+<br>"Land is extremely important to us. We farm and get our livelihood from it. On this land we bury our dead."<br>
+<br>He is among the many people opposed to the development of a big biofuel plantation in the location, about an hour's drive inland from the seaside town of Malindi.<br>
+<br>It is a dry area and home to some 20,000 [individuals](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) along with globally threatened animal and bird species.<br>
+<br>Ambitious objectives<br>
+<br>An Italian business has asked the authorities for approval to lease 50,000 hectares there to grow [jatropha curcas](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4), whose seeds are abundant in oil that can be become bio-diesel.<br>
+<br>This plant, originally from South America, has actually long been grown in Africa as a hedge to keep out animals - goats remain well away as it is dangerous. The area impacted is neighborhood land which is being kept in trust by the regional council.<br>
+<br>Kenya [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Energy Ltd is 100%-owned by the Milan-based Nuove Iniziative Industriali SRL.<br>
+<br>It has actually rented nearly a million hectares in Africa