Many African countries are waking up to the potential of harnessing their resources for biofuels production and development, with the aim of reducing dependence on costly fossil fuels. Other benefits like improvement in farm incomes are also possible. Mozambique has identified several million hectares of unused land which can be used for biofuel cultivation. The country has received requests to open 5 million hectares for plantation of biodiesel feedstocks like coconut, sunflower and jatropha. About US$ 700 million is being committed to biofuel production. Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade, has plans for a “biofuel revolution” and has set fuel crops “at the heart of agricultural renewal” for small farmers. South Africa is also set to put-in huge investments in biofuels; construction is underway for the first of eight maize-to-ethanol refineries. Drought prone African counries like, Swaziland, Zambia, Madagascar, Mali and Mozambique, are considering the use of drought-resistant jatropha as biodiesel food stock, to prevent negative impacts on the food supply chain..