Jatropha cultivation in KBK
Daily Pioneer, Jatropha, KBK Plus district cluster, Odisha govt. action December 4th. 2007, 4:12pmFollowing is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.
The Orissa Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) on Tuesday announced that it has planned to cultivate Jatropha over 2 million hectares of wasteland in the KBK region.
… Science and Technology Minister Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo said the need of the time is to go for an alternative of fossil fuels. Therefore, the production of bio-fuel from non-edible vegetable oils, particularly Jatropha curcas, is a much talked-about subject in the world. Orissa is among the first five States in the country that have come forward for bio-fuel production. The objective of the plan is to get substitution of fossil fuels, generation of employment and utilisation of wastelands, he said.
Secretary, Science and Technology, NC Vasudevan, said the Indian Oil Corporation has agreed to take the responsibility of bio-fuel marketing through its already existing network in the country. Director, OREDA, Ajit Bharthuar, said the oilseeds would be produced by the farmers and OREDA would buy the seeds from them to support them.
June 1st, 2009 at 8:48 am
Dear Sir
I want to start the Jatropha cultivation in our own land. That is at Jeypore, in Jeypore Block.But I do not know how tostart the cultivation. If you give some idea about it then I can start the same. I will start with 15 Ac. If you give the address of Koraoput dist.addres then I can contact with him about this cultivation.
Thanking You.
Mob-9437477599.