Good point Keith.... Sumit, take a look at Honge perhaps....or one of the other 300 seeds identified in India!
http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=1433&lang=English Edward Beggs http://www.biofuels.ca On Friday, February 13, 2004, at 08:53 AM, Keith Addison wrote: > Hi Sumit > > Jatropha seems to be something of the flavour of the month in India > at the moment, and for awhile - I've been getting more and more > enquiries about it from there. Might have something to do with this: > > "NEW DELHI: The Government is mulling investment of over Rs 17,500 > crore to undertake a comprehensive programme for extracting oil from > Jatropha plantations for blending with diesel." > Business online - Monday, December 9, 2002 > http://www.hinduonnet.com/bline/blnus/14091304.htm > > Jatropha curcas is a good option, but there are many other good > options. The idea that it's the best option just doesn't take into > account how development projects work, if they work at all, and this > type of "best technology" thinking is one reason they often don't > work. Almost any locally grown crop would have more going for it, > regardless of Jatropha's yield and general usefulness. That's no > reason not to use Jatropha, but it has to be fitted in properly, and > once again full local involvement is essential for that to happen. > > For more re which please see: > > http://journeytoforever.org/community.html > http://journeytoforever.org/community2.html > Community development: Journey to Forever > > I cross-posted a message on jatropha in India from Dr A.D. Karve some > time ago: > >> I have conducted field experiments on both castor and Jatropha. I had >> already mentioned in a previous E-mail, that Jatropha was tested >> rather >> widely in India and was given up because it was not found to be as >> high >> yielding as the traditional oil crops in India. I do not know how it >> behaves in other countries, but under our agroclimatic and edaphic >> conditions, Jatropha produces much more vegetative matter than >> fruits. At >> harvest, one has to search for the occasional fruit hidden behind all >> the >> foliage that this plant produces. It is found all over India as a >> wild >> plant. India has some 25 uncultivated species of trees that yield >> non-edible oil. The seed of the wild trees is collected by villagers >> and >> sold to merchants attending the weekly village markets, but no farmer >> would >> ever think of growing them as a crop, because all of them are lower >> yielding >> than the cultivated oil plants such as peanut, soybean, sunflower, >> safflower, sesame, various mustards and rapes, coconut, etc. Among the >> seasonal oilseeds, hybrid castor is the highest yielding (2.5 tonnes >> oil per >> ha), but it is not an edible oil. The highest yield of edible oil, >> also >> about 2.5 tonnes per ha, is obtained from coconut. Oil palm, which >> yields 6 >> tonnes of oil per hectare in Malaysia, was tested and given up as low >> yielding under Indian conditions. >> Yours A.D.Karve > http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?view=17993&list=BIOFUEL > > You should read these two previous messages: > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/19667/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - musings > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/19671/ > Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - musings > > Don't get too carried away by yield figures - yield isn't everything, > and focusing on it can obscure other factors that could be more > important. > > Best wishes > > Keith Addison > Journey to Forever > > >> Jatropha, >> >> Based on the information I've seen the seed oil >> yeild is >> 0.21. under normal cultivation there is a yeild of around 2,000 >> litres of >> oil per hectare. Cetane on the oil is 64-67 making it more efficient >> than #2 >> Diesel. Although the trees bear fruit in 6 months, does anyone know >> what >> the hectare yeild on the fruit at 6 months growth. Life expectancy >> is also >> low at 15 years, does anyone know when the tree reaches maturity and >> how >> long it will bear fruit? I also understand that the oil cakes cannot >> be >> used in animal feed, is this due to toxicity levels? Does anyone >> know? >> There would be around 8 tonnes of oil cake per hectare. Is there any >> other >> use of the oil cake other than as fertilizer? What is the nitrogen >> content? >> >> Neem oil can also be used as biodiesel but is >> normally >> used as a pesticide. Does anyone know how long it takes before a >> neem tree >> bears fruit? Does anyone know what the yeild will be per hectare at >> this >> stage? Oil cakes can be used in feed after going through a solvent >> extraction process, does anyone know what the process is. >> >> I noticed that some of you have done research on >> the >> biodiesel oils are there any suggestions on two crops one for short >> term >> economically viable yeilds and another on the long term. My >> understanding >> is that Palm trees can produce 5,000 litres per hectare of oil but I >> don't >> know what the growth period is before palm trees start to bear fruit. >> >> We intend to start up a site in Jarkhand which will be run by >> rural >> Santhal people and want to look at ways to allow them to produce fuel >> oil >> cash crops within a one year period plus have additional higher yeild >> crops >> that will produce economically viable fuel oils within 2-3 years. Any >> recommendations? I'm also concerned about the oil cakes that will be >> produced and would appreciate advice on what plants to avoid when >> dealing >> with the disposal of the cakes. >> >> Are there any persons who would like to consult on this topic >> with >> regards to plantation, extraction, yeild and processing rates. >> Installation >> of extraction and processing equipment and training? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Sumit >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- rajesh sk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> --------------------------------- >>> i AM FROM iit DELHI PRESENTLY WORKING ON PROJECT ON >>> Biodiesel PRODUCTION FROM jATROPHA. Jatropha is a >>> treee born oil seed. The tree grows 4 to 5 meter and >>> it grows in developing countries like india, Zambia, >>> and other countries. Jatrpha plant also has madicinal >>> value. If u need further details u can contact me >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> Sumit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Are there any members out there who know much about >>> Jatropha >>> and it's processing requirements. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Sumit > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Send the freshest Valentine's flowers with a FREE vase from only $29.99! 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