(EnergyAsia, November 21) — India has about 40 million hectares of ‘wasteland’ Ð 14% of the country’s total area Ð that could be fully or partially cultivated with the oil-bearing jatropha crop. According to the Deccan Herald, the Indian government’s Vision 2020 plan states that cultivating 10 million hectares with jatropha would generate 7.5…
BIOFUELS: India plans to use 40 million hectares of ‘wasteland’ for jatropha cultivation
Posted on November 21, 2005 by EnergyAsia