Discussion on R&D needs in Jatropha and need or possibility for an EU role. First Hans-Joerg.Lutzeyer lined out the reasons why the EU might be interested to link or to support R&D activities…

1. The Jatropha plant; 2. The Jatropha activities (1987 – 2007) of Mr. Henning; 3. High yielding plants; 4. Ecology Aspects; 5. Economic Aspects; The objective of the presentation of Mr. Henning,…

The Ecuadorian government has devised a novel, albeit idealistic, plan to prevent gas and oil development in the Yasuní National Park in hopes of protecting biodiversity and combating climate change…

Arid and semi-arid regions : Arid and semi arid lands occupy one third of the earth's surface. Indian arid zone occupies an area of about 0.3 million sq. km. 90 percent of which about 2,70,000 sq.…

Food vs. fuel But critics of biofuels are as vocal as their advocates. One concern is that, globally, there will be a trade-off between using land to grow food and using it to grow fuel. "If biofuels…

BIO-ENERGY POTENTIAL OF SEMI-ARID REGIONS OF RAJASTHAN Ashwani Kumar and Vijay Rani Kumar Energy Plantation Demonstration Project Centre Department of Biotechnology Project Department of Botany,…

Concern over the growing levels of greenhouse gases and climate change has been building up for the last decade. Any measure or project reducing the release of greenhouse gases would get a “credit”,…

India has over 180 million of wasteland out of which 90 million ha is uncultivable. The degraded and denuded lands arise due to soil erosions as well as secondary salinizations. However Calotropis…

Jatropha curcas has now being extensively grown in India under the Department of Biotechnology supported micro mission projects with an object to identify, characterize and multiply high yielding…

 Future Prospects of BIOMASS FOR ENERGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Ashwini Kumar Energy Plantation Demonstration Project Centre Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004.…