Jatropha farming

Jatropha, known as Sabu-dum in Thai, is a hardy plant consisting of more than 170 succulent plants, trees and shrubs grown around the world, including the variety Jatropha Curcas. The Jatropha Curcas is an ideal choice as a biofuel crop for a number of reasons including: fast growth rates, natural resistance to pests and disease, and yields averaging 30 percent – 35 percent oil content per seed.

Due to the low demands of the plant, Jatropha farming can be conducted in wasteland sandy soils, and even in rock crevices. Jatropha farming is a mean to increase land productivity and farmer income without negatively affecting food production and food prices.

Jatropha farming can be promoted as a means of economic empowerment, social upliftment and poverty alleviation within the rural communities especially in the tropical and sub-tropical countries with under-developed and developing economies. Jatropha farming has been traditionally conducted in Central and South America, Africa and South East Asia.

Curcas Oil N.V. is therefore conducting Jatropha farming in a sustainable manner. The company’s Jatropha farming includes the planting of seedlings cultured in own nurseries, growing, harvesting of Jatropha seedlings and expelling of Jatropha crude oil.

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