In Ethiopia, BDFC Ethiopia Industry, a subsidiary of US-based B&D Foods. will invest $33 million and receive 18,000 hectares of land from Amhara Regional State for a sugar cane and ethanol production project. The company will use a site previously intended for the abandoned Tana Beles irrigation and electric power project.
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