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Tanzania no-show at international biofuels conference
IPPmedia - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
… has already begun planting jatropha on a 5000-hectare piece of property in southern Ethiopia in addition to another 5000-hectare estate in Mozambique. …
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UK firm plans 5500 ha biofuels project in Tanzania
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
The company is also active in Mozambique, where it has 5000 hectares of land and expects to plant jatropha on 2000 hectares beginning in November. …
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SEKAB to invest $300 million in Tanzanian sugarcane ethanol; Sun …
By Jim Lane
… and 240000 acres in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. IUn other news, Sun Biofuels said that the company is near to acquiring 19000 acres west of Dar es Salaam, and would plant 13000 acres of jatropha over a six year period. …
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SEKAB to invest $300 million in Tanzanian sugarcane ethanol; Sun …
By Remy
The company said that it has applied for permits to plant an additional 494000 hectares in the eastern district of Rufiji, and 240000 acres in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. IUn.
Bio Fuel News Blog - http://www.biofuelnewsblog.com

Basic Energy, Nexum Energy JV on 52 Mgy cassava ethanol plant in …
By Jim Lane
… 55 Mgy ethanol plant proposed for the Philippines; California’s GreenGold Ray Energies increases jatropha plantations in Philippines to 10000 hectares; 50000 hectare jatropha plantation proposed for the Philippines; Mozambique backs …
Biofuels Digest - http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2

African Renewable Energy Gains Attention
By Worldwatch Institute
Biofuel production from jatropha, a drought-resistant oilseed bush, could provide the most opportunities if the plant can be effectively domesticated and its energy conversion rate improves. The World Bank report counted 555 potential …
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Capitol bridges set up toward reengineering
Bohol Chronicle - Tagbilaran,Bohol,Philippines
As point person of the provincial government’s jatropha project, Pernia’s additional tasks entail a lot of traveling that may cause him to sacrifice some …
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EcoStar Workshops
Nashoba Publishing - Ayer,MA,USA
Dr. Jesse Reich will describe how his company, Baystate Biofuels will be providing biodiesel derived from the jatropha plant.
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UK firm plans 5500 ha biofuels project in Tanzania
Walta Information Center - Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
Britain’s Sun Biofuels plans to grow about 5500 hectares of the biofuel plant jatropha in Tanzania in the next 10 years, the firm’s local subsidiary said on …
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German consortium eyes Malta for R&D
di-ve.com - Malta
Jatropha is being seen in West Africa, Brazil and Asia as a “miracle” plant, which provides high yields of oil that can be used as a biofuel, relieving much …
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Nandan Bio in deal to get $30 m PE fund
Financial Express - Bombay,India
The company has initiated projects in Southeast Asia and Africa for jatropha cultivation in catchment areas and establishing the entire value chain for …
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Air NZ’f flight NZ8 cuts fuel burn and emission
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
In December, the airline is due to fly a Boeing 747 jumbo jet partially powered by fuel refined from the seeds of the jatropha, a fast-growing plant that …
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Jatropha World Hamburg Conference Geared Toward Increasing Biofuel …
elEconomista.es - Madrid,Madrid,Spain
Jatropha oil has long been heralded as an environmentally and socially friendly alternative energy source. However, as Jatropha moves closer to …
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Militant groups claim army harassment on farmers
Cebu Daily News - Lahug Cebu City,Philippines
Dugay claimed that the bombing was meant to harass farmers as part of the military’s “Oplan Bantay Laya” program and the jatropha plantation program of the …
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INTERVIEW-UK firm plans 5500 ha biofuels project in Tanzania
Hemscott - London,UK
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Britain’s Sun Biofuels plans to grow about 5500 hectares of the biofuel plant jatropha in Tanzania in the next 10 years, …
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US organizations move toward nontraditional feedstocks
Biodiesel Magazine - Grand Forks,ND,USA
Texas-based GreenGold Ray Energies Inc.’s jatropha plantations on Marinduque Island in the Philippines will be expanded to more than 24700 acres, …
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Speaker Profile: Dr. Andreas Renner, Director, The Global Exchange …

I noticed that this website also have a white paper on Jatropha but you’ll have to exchange your email to get it.

By suann

Advocated originally as a first-best option for sustainable development, biofuels today are perceived by many as a major threat to food security, just to mention one key issue. The argument that Jatropha may have a positive “food footprint” due to rehabilitation of unused land and the frequent use of intercropping is not part of the current debate. The same applies to other potential benefits of tree-born energy crops of the semi-arid tropics.

http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/2008/09/14/speaker-profile-dr-andreas-renner-director-the-global-exchange-for-social-investment/

PNOC-AFC announces resignation of Abaya
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
Tolentino has been publicly acknowledged for his sterling record in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and for spearheading the planting of jatropha in all …
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Bio-fuel proceed despite NPA burning
Negros Chronicle - Dumaguete City,Negros Oriental,Philippines
Pryde Henry Teves of the third district announced that the production and plantation of jatropha for bio fuel alternative energy will continue because it is …
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Lee at forefront of bio-diesel research
Cape Coral Daily Breeze - Cape Coral,FL,USA
Only in the research phase here in Florida, jatropha Curcus has been used in India for several years. According to Ryan the plant grows a “nut”, …
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Assembly candidate sees tree a key to Barstow’s future
Desert Dispatch - Barstow,CA,USA
By Aaron Aupperlee, city editor BARSTOW — Desmond Farrelly massaged a leaf of a young jatropha plant and talked about Barstow’s future. …
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Indian cabinet okays biofuel policy
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
… indicative target of blending 20 percent ethanol in petrol and non-edible oil from plants like jatropha in diesel by 2017, an official statement said. …
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India sets new biofuel target, risks food price row
Bangladesh News 24 hours (subscription) - Dhaka,Dhaka,Bangladesh
… demand of 8-9 million tonnes, and in 2003 announced plans to replace around five percent of its diesel consumption with biodiesel made from jatropha . …
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Cabinet approves implementation of bio fuel policy
Myiris.com - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
… Biofuel Policy that has set an indicative target of blending 20% ethanol in petrol and non-edible oil from plants like jatropha in diesel by 2017. …
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India dreams big on biofuel but can it deliver?
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
jatropha Manufacturing biodiesel made from jatropha seeds is seen as particularly promising in India as the plant grows with little water and can be …
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Free flight slashes carbon emissions
National Business Review - Auckland,New Zealand
Sourced from the Southeast Africa jatropha curcas plant, which produces seeds containing up to 40% oil, the fuel is being refined in the US before testing …
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Govt sets deadline for bio-fuel use
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
11: The cabinet today cleared the bio-fuel policy, setting a target of 20 per cent blending by 2017 and proposing support to farmers to grow the jatropha …
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Railways nod to bio-fuel
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
24: Sambalpur railway division plans to plant 70000 jatropha saplings in vacant land belonging to the division in parts of western Orissa and Chhattisgarh. …
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BIO-FUEL :Spolicy considerations with regard to access to land
DailyNewsOnline - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
One example is a 9000 ha area for jatropha cultivation for a British firm in Kisarawe District. The TIC has been working with the Kisarawe District Council …
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Business Roundup (August 23, 2008)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
The Burmese junta’s scheme to grow jatropha plants to produce ethanol for biofuels faced another setback after a Spanish company abandoned its plans to …
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High fuel prices set to hurt EAPC profit margin
Business Daily Africa - Nairobi,Kenya
… facility to look at ways in which the company can exploit bio-alternatives such as coffee husks and jatropha to counter the rising energy bill. …
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Costa Rica Lacks Resources to Produce Biofuels
Costa Rica Travel News - San Jose,SJ,Costa Rica
African palm oil and ethanol are not the only sources of bio fuel ingredients, though, and Costa Rica could use sorghum, industrial yucca, jatropha, …
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Roperos: Bio-fuel
Sun.Star - Philippines
The bio-fuel feedstock crop includes “sugarcane, cassava, jatropha, corn, palm oil and coconut. But that really, is not the point we wish to bring out here. …
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Biodiesel plant in planning stages
Fresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno,CA,USA
But he said he’s also interested in the potential for growers in the area to grow jatropha, an inedible but oil-rich plant, as an alternative feedstock. …
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IDB, government to sign agro-energy agreement
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
AMCAR/Jatropha Inc of France is also interested in bio-diesel. Anand Marketing Network from Canada is proposing sweet potato cultivation for ethanol …
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Bio-diesel is the best portable solution for our food and fuel …
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
“There are around 100 million acres of barren land in Pakistan and Pakistan State Oil has already taken a step in the right direction by planting Jatropha …
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Govt recruits more than 300 extension officers
DailyNewsOnline - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
She said that Dodoma Region has embarked on cultivation of cashew, jatropha and other crops. She said farmers in the region needed the advice of experts. …
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MY BONES SHALL RISE AGAIN - War Veterans, Spirit Mediums and Land …
By Beaver Shaw(Beaver Shaw)
the jatropha carcus popularly known as ‘jirimono’ a species whose seeds can be 5 processed into bio-diesel.24 Daneel’s project on African earth keeping has already set the pace for indigenous initiatives on land reform in Zimbabwe. …
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What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out? (Pt. 2) , by Richard Heinberg
Grain, a Barcelona-based food-resources NGO, reports that the Indian government is committed to planting 14 million hectares with jatropha for biodiesel production. Meanwhile, Brazil plans to grow 120 million hectares of fuel crops, …
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Synergistic cropping of summer groundnut with Jatropha curcas – A …
girth and branches/plant of Jatropha were high in. intercropped Jatropha (Table 2). Thus, the summer. groundnut had a synergistic effect on Jatropha. …