Jatropha - Bio Energy Crop
Jatropha is the plant with many possible advantages. As the nonrenewable fuel sources are decreasing quickly and the carbon dioxide emission produced from it contaminates the atmosphere, the world is working towards an alternative fuel to conquer it.
The Jatropha curcas is the plant which can grow in semi dry area, little care suffices for its development. It grows both in topical and sub tropical region. The jatropha curcas seed includes 35 percent oil material in it. The oil from jatropha can be utilized as biodiesel blend as much as 20% without refining. The oil burns with clear smoke-free flame, and was evaluated successfully as a fuel for basic diesel engine. It is not a food crop considering that the oil is non-edible. The oil is used as a traditional medication disinfectant and to treat diseases like cancer, piles, snakebite, paralysis dropsy etc. The seed oil is likewise used for lighting and in soap preparation. It is seldom utilized as a live fence in avoiding crops from animals and it occasionally used as residential or commercial property demarcation. It lowers the soil erosion.
The optimum growing conditions for the Jatropha plant ranges from 1000 to1500 mm annual rains, with temperature levels of 20 to 28 C. The soil needs to be free draining without any water logging. But adequate water and nutrition is a should for high yield. The jatropha curcas is simple to grow and it can bear the seeds within a year of planting. It offers oxygen for the world and it can grow even in poor soil. It can not endure frost.
The jatropha curcas Electrification is establishing in many countries. Mali is thought about to be one of the poorest nations in the world. At Mali, Garalo Jatropha Producers' Cooperative (CPP) and the ACCESS are the main institutions establishing jatropha cultivation. The personal power company ACCESS is creates and does electrical power sales. Currently 247 households are connected to the micro grid after a payment of $30 as a contribution to the connection expenses. Likewise in India, the Rural Electricity Supply Technology (REST) mission of the Ministry of Power (MOP) planning to produce power for all by 2012. The small scale power generation jobs were developed in Chattisgarh, India. It is being run by Winrock International in the Kabir Dham district. This small power system provides 24-hour power supply at the really cost effective price of 50 cents per light bulb to poor villagers. It is 17.5 KW capacity power plant runs on raw jatropha curcas seed oil.jatropha curcas is a promising crop for rural development. The jatropha curcas oil lights up rural areas with electricity. The jatropha planting on the wastelands has the capability to offer 50-60% of the India's fuel requirements.
The Jatropha curcas plantation in 1 hectare minimizes 20 lots of carbon dioxide each year. The biggest jatropha producing nation in Asia will be Indonesia and India. In Africa, Ghana and Madagascar will be the biggest producers. Brazil will be the biggest manufacturer in Latin America. The plantation is a labor intensive procedure hence it produces task for numerous bad rural individuals. Above all Jatropha can be utilized as a Renewable resource.
