Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) has emerged as a vital forage resource, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions, due to its high biomass yield and adaptability to diverse agronomic ...

Napier grass is also called elephant grass because the plant grows to a height of two to three metres, and because elephants reportedly love to munch on them.

In the fight against climate change, some see potential in elephant grass as a clean fuel. Stefano Romano is chief executive of NextFuel, a Swedish company which turns elephant grass into fuel ...

Ramblers have warned that a popular footpath risks being lost for good after becoming overgrown with 12 foot elephant grass. 26 August 2009 • 12:23pm The path through a field in Helland, North ...

Elephant grass - a green energy solution? 6 October 2010 Last updated at 18:06 Help. The race to find alternatives to oil and gas is turning ...

Ireland could meet 30 per cent of its entire electricity requirement by planting just 10 per cent of arable land with elephant grass. Promoted as the ideal plant for biomass energy production, its ...

AN ANNOUNCEMENT on the grant levels for farmers growing miscanthus (elephant grass) is expected soon, Minister of State for Agriculture Trevor Sargent has said. There are up to 2,500 hectares of ...

A wild elephant surprised Chinese border officials over the weekend when it turned up at their border checkpoint and carefully stepped over roadblocks to enter Laos. China's state broadcaster ...

One evening in July, 2006, a crew of 4 Chinese agriculturists headed by Professor Lin Zhansen from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) arrived at Kigali International Airport.