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In collaboration with other entrepreneurs, Adeolu Odusote, a mechanical engineer with a passion for the environment, has devised a scheme to establish whether ethanol (an energy alternative to the petroleum products from fossil fuel) can reduce Nigeria’s dependence on crude oil. Together with colleagues, Adeolu is involved in growing and processing large cassava farmlands yielding ethanol. But these are no ordinary farms: the plantations are carefully developed so not to compete with food production while sustainable management practices ensure that ecosystems, communities’ living spaces and water supply are all secured. A 10,000 hectare farm is presently being developed as a pilot effort. This farm is in Ekiti State, in the country’s south western region.