Jatropha – The potential option

• Jatropha Curcas is resistant to drought and can be planted even in the desert climates, and it    thrives on any type of soil, grows almost anywhere; in sandy, gravelly and saline soils.
• Jatropha needs minimal input or management.
• Jatropha has no inspect pests it is not browsed by cattle or sheep.
• Jatropha Curcas can survive long periods of drought.
• Jatropha Propagation is easy.
• Jatropha Curcas growth is rapid; forms a thick live hedge after only a month's planting.
• Jatropha Curcas starts yielding from the second year onwards and continues for 40 years.
• The Meal after extraction an excellent organic manure (38%Protien N:P:K ration 2.7:1.2:1).
• Jatropha Curcas quickly establishes itself and will produce seeds round the year if irrigated.
• Other than extracting BioDiesel from Jatropha Curcas plant, the leaf and the bark are used for    various other industrial and pharmaceutical uses.
• Localized production and availability of quality fuel restoration of degraded land over a period of    time.
• Approximately 31 to 37 % of oil extracted from the Jatropha Curcas seed. It can be used for any    diesel engine without modification.