Conclusions and recommendations on the use of tropical crops as biofuels

1. Biofuels such as biogas, bioethanol and biodiesel are reliable and renewable options for enhancing global energy security. In view of the on-going depletion of fossil duels, keener global research interest should be directed at developing known and new sources of these fuels.

2. Concerted efforts should be made by stakeholders worldwide to encourage the use of biofuels given their multifarious advantages of protecting the environment and mitigating climate change.

3. Research funds should be further directed at developing the potentials of known energy-yielding plants such as cassava, Jatropha curcas, common grasses and others to contribute towards ensuring global energy security.

4. Neglected tropical crops such as cocoyam and others identified should be researched for their energy yielding abilities and bring them to the main stream of interest of conventional agricultural research.

5. The potential of manure as a significant environmental pollutant can be lessened if more concerted efforts are made to produce biogas from it and this will also concurrently result in the production of nutrient-rich digested biomass which can be returned to land to enhance crop production.