From the 2009 country biofuel reports of the Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), some of the highlights of the biofuels situation in South Africa are: (1) There is still no large scale biofuel industry in South Africa although many biofuel projects are in the pipeline. Large scale biofuel production is expected by 2011; (2) The new "Biofuels Industrial Strategy" now recommends sugar cane/sugar beet for ethanol, and soybean/canola/sunflower for biodiesel; the proposed biofuel blending mandate is E8 (or 8% ethanol blended in gasoline), and B2 (or 2% biodiesel blended in conventional biodiesel); and  (3) A 5-Year Biofuels Research Program (with research funds amounting to about US$240,000) was established at the University of Stellenbosch. The objective of the program is to develop "completely new" biofuel technologies, particularly for ethanol..