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TOPIC: Cash in on wasteland, Grow jatropha

GVK

Date: May 9, 2005

Cash in on wasteland, Grow jatropha	Permalink

Mysore-based Labland Biotechs plans to promote Jatropha cultivation in a big way. Oil extract of its seed fetches Rs.4,500 a tonne, according to the company MD Sudheer Shetty. The Mysore company has signed a deal to supply Jatropha seeds to D1 Oils, a bio-diesel firm in UK. It refines jatropha crude that is then blended with fossil fuel to reduce smoke emission to eco-permissible limits. Farm scientists say jatropha can be grown on wasteland as it requires minimal water. In other areas it can be grown profitably as second crop, along with vanila, pepper or ginger. __________________

GVK

Date: May 17, 2005

Labland tie-up with UP	Permalink

Labland Biotech has worked out an agreement with the Lucknow Biotechnology Park for supply of quality jatropha seedlings needed for largescale plantations, with the seeds buy-back arrangements. Labland M D, Sudheer Shetty, says the company has also offered to set up bio-diesel refineries for every 5000 hectare jatropha plantation. The tie-up follows an invitation by the Lucknow biotech park CEO, P K Seth, asking Labland to set up its facility at the biotech park genetic enhancement centre for jatropha. The park offers, among other things, green house and glasshouse facilities. UP, which has plans to take up jatropha growing in a big way, is expected to come up with a bio-fuel policy, according the the UP secretary to the department of science and technology, Navneet Sehgal. He reckoned that UP has 20 lakh hectares of fallow land that could be put to use on jatropha. In Karnataka Labland seeks to promote bringing 1.25 lakh acres under jatropha over the next five years. (Source: 'The Hindu' - May 18, 2005) __________________

GVK

Date: Nov 17, 2005

Jatropha. a lowdown	Permalink

Blended with diesel, it is an eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuel. In its pure form jatropha can be used for cooking, lighting and generating electricity. By-product – glycerin and seed cake that can be turned into organic fertilizer. Produce: Tree starts yield in its second year, with a life span of 30 years. A mature tree can yield between five to 15 kg of seed, thrice a year. Per-hectare yield under optimum soil, water and plants conditions could be 5,000 kg. seed annually, 500 litre oil per harvest Concerns: possible trade-off of land under food crop for jatropha plantation. Bottomline: jatropha is okay if, and only if its plantation can be confined to wasteland, areas not suitable for food crops, and to the fringes on the fence of farmland. More, on Scidev.net __________________

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