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The project should be having a technical supervisory body with the suitable expertise on these aspects.
This body could be entrusted with the function of setting up an economic model for the whole system
based on the conditions existing locally and on input-production data from a few representative local pilot
farms. This economic model would then be the basis for establishing a system for determination of
assistance required for the different cultivation models.
Once the seeds are in the market, commercial firms can be mobilised to establish oil presses of
appropriate size for demarcated regions and the further use of the oil as it is or its further conversion into
biodiesel. Care should be taken to ensure the use of the seed cake locally. As mentioned before, the
Jatropha seed cake has potential as an animal feed ingredient, but until suitable technology for this use is
available, the seed cake need to be locally distributed as a biofertlizer cum biopesticide.
CONCLUSION
A properly planned strategy to encourage small and marginal farmers to cultivate Jatropha has potential to:
· Increase farm productivity and income
· Reclaim unused land wherever available
· Produce CO 2 neutral fuel
· Increase energy security on a regional basis
· Saving foreign exchange by reduction in import of fuels
· Diversification of crops and reduction of complete crop failure risks
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