Jatropha Links

Useful links about Jatropha - the ultimate biofuel crop

Jatropha Curcas is an excellent biofuel crop which has many other advantages over existing crops typically used to make biofuels. The oil content of its seeds is an incredible 37%, its easy to grow, requires no irrigation, improves the soil on which it is grown, and the waste left over after pressing out the oil is Nitrogen rich and make excellent fertiliser and/or animal feed.
Find out more about the wonder crop that is Jatropha (1) here, then come back and have a look at some of the links listed below to learn even more.

Jatropha Links

Green Oil Pakistan (2) - plan to plant 16,000 hectares of Jatropha plantation: enough to meet 0.5% of the diesel consumption of the whole of Pakistan. They also develop jatropha nurseries and plan to grow 800 million jatropha saplings: enough to meet 10% of the diesel needs of Pakistan and create plantations covering 8000 square kilometers.

Centre for Jatropha Promotion (3) - Learn how to farm Jatropha, press out the oil, and even how to make Biodiesel (4). This not-for-profit Indian organisation aim to help create sustainable rural development by creating job opportunities and investing in agriculture.

Centre of Excellence for Jatropha Biodiesel Promotion (5) - Based in Rajhastan, India, they also promote the development of rural India through selling and promoting Jatropha. Their site has a lot of information about growing Jatropha and they sell Jatropha seeds. They also discuss the economics of growing Jatropha with a detailed financial breakdown of the first five years of starting to grow Jatropha.

Jatropha Plant Source (6) - Sell Jatropha seeds and plant Saplings

Web Link References

(1) http://www.reuk.co.uk/What-is-Jatropha.htm
(2) http://greenoil.pk/
(3) http://www.jatrophaworld.org/
(4) http://www.reuk.co.uk/Biodiesel-Recipe.htm
(5) http://www.jatrophabiodiesel.org
(6) http://jatrophaplantsource.com/index.htm