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Polity
Published: 23 Jul 2010
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| Jatropha: A smallholder bioenergy crop (July 2010) | |
| This report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the International Fund for Agricultural Development finds that jatropha, a wild plant that grows well in dry areas on degraded lands and can be processed into biofuel, has potential as a low-cost energy source for poor farmers. However, the report stresses that jatropha is still essentially a wild plant sorely in need of crop improvement, and that expecting it to substitute significantly for oil imports in developing countries is unrealistic. |
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