The University will assist Blue Diamond with the production and conversion of non-food crops for manufacturing biofuels.

The research initiatives will also focus on various technology advancements, identifying, assessing, cultivating and optimizing production of second generation energy feedstocks for cellulose and bio-oils, characterizing and optimizing the design of dedicated bioenergy crops and developing integrated logistics systems associated with the harvest, transport, storage and conversion of bioenergy crops.

Blue Diamond Ventures, Inc. is an agriculture, biofuels and commercial development company with operations in Belize and the US.