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Jatropha curcas
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30. 06. 2010
A new study of Jatropha (also Castor and Croton) in Kenya from 2009 shows
that the real seed yields are much smaller than expected!
Look at the study!
or download it!
(9,6 MB)
12. 04. 2010
Video of the test flight of Air New
Zealand with Jatropha oil (Air
New Zealand flies green using biofuel).on YouTube. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5g5Z3GTNwk&feature=related).
09. 09. 2009
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There is an interesting study by Swissaid about Jatropha in Mozambique Résumé of the study in French (4 pages, 157 kB) The study in English (52 pages, 8.2 MB) |
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| 27. 07. 2009 |
Mali : création
d’une Agence nationale de développement des biocarburants
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| 21. 07. 2009 |
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FACT Foundation in Eindhoven, Netherlands, organized an expert workshop on “food & fuels” in May 2009 To read the executive summary, click here! (6 kB) To read the whole paper, click here! (236 kB) |
| 11. 07. 2009 |
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To read about the test, click here To see a video on YouTube about the
flight of an Air New Zealand Jumbo, |
| 16. 04. 2009 |
The Jatropha
Manuel in
Bambara language (Malien & West-African local language, 995 kB) |
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06. 03. 2009 |
Lode Messemaker
Assessment of the Jatropha value chain and its potential for pro-poor biofuel development in Northern Tanzania
This thesis is part of the requirements to complete the MSc program
International Development Studies (IDS) at the Faculty of Geosciences, |
 Green, yellow and brown seeds together require manual harvesting. To download the study, click on the photo or on the title! 
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| 01. 03. 2009 |
Mali’s Farmers Discover a Weed’s Potential Power |
 Jatropha grows in places like Koulikoro with little rainfall. |
 The black seeds of the plant can be used as a source of biofuel. |
| 19. 01. 2009 |
Air New Zealand Jet Flies on Jatropha Biofuel The test flight took off from Auckland airport the 30th of Dec. 2008 with a biofuel blend of 50:50 jatropha and Jet A1 fuel powering one of the Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400's Rolls-Royce RB211 engines. Pilot in command, Air New Zealand 747 Fleet Manager Captain Keith Pattie and his crew flew out over the wider Hauraki Gulf area. There are many challenges that must be overcome before renewable jet fuel becomes mainstream. First and foremost, jet fuel must meet quality standards that are much higher than for ethanol or biodiesel. Jet fuel must have a very low freeze point, typically in the range of -40 to – 65°, otherwise, there is a danger of the fuel gelling at high altitudes. Jet fuel also has a higher flash point than gas or diesel for safer transport and handling. Jet fuel must have a high energy density by weight to minimize the amount of fuel an aircraft must carry. |
A Jumbo flying with Jatropha oil in 1 engine |
| 19. 01. 2009 |
I tried to write in a book all the facts known about Jatropha curcas up to now. This is a big task, which will be never be completed. Therefore I publish already the pages I wrote up to now. I will continuously complete the book and keep it updated. Reinhard K. Henning in Germany in January 2009. This is a 4.4 MB -pdf-file for downloading. For downloading click with the right mouseclick on the title-photo and saveguard the pdf-file. |
| 15. 01. 2009 |
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This is a very optimistic point of view of Jatropha activities in the world. It is based on the information given by the projects themselfs. I think that max. 10 % of the projects are really working or only 10 % of the planted area is already planted. I think the people expressed their wishes. |
09. 01. 2009
Update (Dec. 2008) of Madagscar-Jatropha-Study by Uellenberg (pdf (2 MB), en Francais)
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08. 08. 2008 |
JATROPHA INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS 2008 17 - 18 December 2008 Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore |
| 02. 06. 2008 |
Flying with Jatropha (in German), to download the 2-page article of "DER SPIEGEL": Air New Zealand packt Jatropha in den Tank
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01. 06. 2008 |
To download the GEXSI / WWF Study on Jatropha worldwide
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11. 05. 2008 |
Update of Madagscar-Jatropha-Study by Uellenberg (in German)
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Version actualisé de l'étude sur le Jtropha au Madagascar pa A. Uellenberg (en francais)
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| 31. 03. 2008 |
Jatropha conference in Madrid, 14 - 15. of May, 2008
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| 19. 01. 2008 |
Jatropha in
Madagaskar – Sachstandsbericht 2007
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| 19. 01. 2008 |
Rapport sur l'état actuelle de Jatropha en Madagascar |
18. 01. 2008
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Jatropha conference in Madrid, |
| 18. 01. 2008 |
High yielding plant |
The plantation in Malaysia, where the photo of this
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| 18. 01. 2008 |
High yielding plant |
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| 13. 01. 2008 |
West African Biofuels
Summit 2008 (Centre For Jatropha Promotion and
Biofuels-CEJAB AFRICA) |
14. 12. 2007 Farmers reject Jatropha (in Ghana),
13. 12. 2007 Jatropha article in the Wall Street Journal: (click on the title to download the article!
Jatropha may be a more economic biofuel than corn
8. 12. 2007
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Histor of the
KAKUTE
plant oil stove To read the article, click here or on the photo! |
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27. 10. 2007 Article on Jatropha in Nature (click on the picture to read/download the article!)
Click here for the editorial of Nature on biofuels!
26. 10. 2007
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Jatropha drawing from Cape Verde Island by Georg Forster in 1772 for enlargement, click on the photo!
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28. 09. 2007
Biofuel Conference in Bali, Indonesia, 10 - 11- Dec. 2007
26. 09. 2007
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land for about 10.000 ha of Jatropha plantation in the north of Angola Click on the pictuire for enlargement! |
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25. 08. 2007
Another oil plant! Promising?
Reasons for Simarouba
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In a country with the largest cattle population as well as that of sheep and goats (small animals), simarouba which cannot be browsed by either cattle, sheep or goat, which can come up on a very wide range of soils from a pH of 3 to pH of 9, being an evergreen tree, with 65 percent oil in the seeds (equivalent to olive oil), which can be used both as edible or non edible, with the potential of extracting ethanol from the pulp, with the leaves having the property of curing chicken guniya disease, with no allelopathic effect and recharging groundwater, what else you want and hence is called PARADISE TREE. It is unfortunate that this tree did not get the right support. |
25. 08. 2007
Bio Fuel for Better Life : Cleaner, Greener and Cheaper
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Jatropha (Biofuel) conferenz in
Bali, Indonesia |
22. 08. 2007
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an article in the International Harald Tribune of the 6th August 2007 click on the headline to see the article! or look directly in the internet: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/06/opinion/edsimoes.php |
18. 08. 2007
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International Workshop on the Development of the Jatropha Curcas L. Industry, (Hainan Island, China) |
The conference will be held in Hainan, China, the 30 and 31st of October.
Theme of the workshop: Development of JCL and bio-diesel industry
17. 08. 2007
Mr. Hak with fruits of a
high yielding Jatropha plant
in Sisopon, Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia
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16. 08. 2007
Improvement of root initiation with plant hormones in Cambodia realized!
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Roots of cuttings treated with plant hormone 20 days after plantation into polybags
07. 08. 2007
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Jatropha
Biodiesel Conference for more information, click here!
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10. 06. 2007
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Green Gold in a Shrub, Entrepreneurs target the Jatropha plant as the next big biofuel, by Rebecca Renner |
08. 06. 2007
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Jatropha plants
from Indonesia clicking on the photo gives you an enlarged picture! |
 Ardiya & Eiichi |
 High yielding plant from Bali |
 Plant with high percentage of female flowers |
30. 05. 2007
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18. 05. 2007
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Photos of Shenyu
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14. 05. 2007
Vanilla Development Foundation are happy to invite you and your networks to
the 2nd National Jatropha
curcas L. conference which will be held in
Mombasa-Kenya from 29th-31st May, 2007.
Details are available through our website
www.vanillajatropha.org and we will highly appreciate is you can circulate
the URL to your links.
You may also directly book accommodation to Sun n Sand through a linkage in our website.Advance booking is advisable as we are receiving overwhelming response for participation. For any concerns feel free to contact us.
Ian Kopar
Conference Correspondence Officer
VANILLA-JATROPHA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION,
P.O BOX 76214,
NAIROBI, Kenya
15. 04 2007
Details of the Jatropha Seminar of the 26th to 28th of March, you may find here!
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15. 04 2007
New photos of high yielding plants from Indonesia (Ardiya) 120 days after planting in the field |
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| 19. 01 2007 |
Expert Seminar on Jatropha curcas, agronomy and genetics Organised by Fuels from Agriculture in Communal Technology (FACT) Dates: 26-28 March 2007, Location: Wageningen, the Netherlands |
17. 01. 2007
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High Yield Jatropha Plants of Mr. Liang on Java, Indonesia It seems , there are high yielding plants on Java, Indonesia, The plantation (right picture) is 8 months old. Up to December 2006, they planted 4 000 000 trees.
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 the yield is not yet measured. The plants are too young |
 8 months old plantation near Jogjakarta, Java, Indonesia |
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16. 01. 2007 Jatropha grafting in Domenican Republic click on the photo to see it enlarged! |
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