Hi BellaBok
Sounds like a cool plan. You don't have to get the
seed from India, you can get it from Zimbabwe at the government nursery in
Harare. If you know any people who live in Harare, ask them to go to the
government nursery and speak to David in the seed dept.
I have seen it growing here in Quelimane,
Mozambique, where we are living at the moment and I could probably get some seed
down to you if you gave me your address, we have guys from South Africa
travelling back and forth all the time.
I grew Jatropha in Ruwa, about 30 km from Harare
and they did quite well there. What I found with them is the seed is very
difficult to get out of the outer shell but maybe you can invent or buy a
machine to do that part of the job.
Have you thought of using Lucinia (don't know how
to spell it). I am not sure of the oil content but I think the tree will do well
in your hard conditions. I am sure you have hundreds of goats in that area so it
will be good as goat feed as well as giving you oil and you can feed the seed
cake to the earth worms as well. Your problem will be keeping the goats out of
the plantation while the trees are trying to grow. I can get some of this seed
to you as well, it grows here.
Good luck with your plan.
Jed
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