Hybrid Jatropha to be Released Soon
INDIA - According to The Hindu, Vice-Chancellor C. Ramasamy has stated that the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University plans to release a hybrid variety of jatropha.

Wärtsilä Makes Use of Jatropha Oil
HELSINKI - Wärtsilä has secured an order for an engine-driven combined heat and power (CHP) plant that will run on the liquid biofuel, which is extracted from the seeds of the jatropha...

Taiwan: Government Likely to Abandon Biofuel Project
TAIPEI - According to the China Post, the incoming government of President-elect Ma Ying-jeou is expected to shift the existing policy of encouraging farmers to grow crops for production...

Zambian Farmers Encouraged to Plant Jatropha and Moringa
ZAMBIA - Development specialists in Zambia are encouraging farmers to plant trees – the Jatropha and Moringa - to help with their nutritional and even fuel needs, writes Sanday Chongo...

Viridas, INEOS Enterprises to Develop Sustainable Output of Jatropha
LONDON - Viridas Plc. said it entered into an exclusive strategic partnership with INEOS Enterprises to develop sustainable output of Jatropha, a perennial non-food oilseed used in...

Biofuels World In Manila Sets Perspective On Regional Mandates and New Feedstocks -- Cassava, Sweet Sorghum, Jatropha
MANILA - BiofuelsWorld gives perspective of regional biofuels mandates from Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, India and China. Dramatically reshape Jatropha, Biomass, Algae-Lipids Biomass,...

Haitian Farmers Work with Jatropha
HAITI - According to Eric Kroh (Biodiesel Magazine), Haiti, one of the poorer nations, faces the same dire problems with fuel cost that the rest of the world encounters. But surprisingly,...

First Biodiesel Policy Summit Held in New Mexico
NEW MEXICO - According to Biodiesel Magazine, over 100 representatives from state, academic, environmental and biodiesel industry groups in New Mexico met in late March to discuss the...

Brazil Invests in a Jatropha Plant
RIO DE JANEIRO - Abcesso Technology Ltd. intends to become a large-scale producer of biodiesel in Brazil. Another expectation - to become the first global supplier of jatropha biod...

Special report: Climate change and food prices
GLOBAL - Is the climate to blame for the deadly combination of soaring prices and decline in supply - two factors threatening food security?

PNOC-AFC Continues Jatropha Development Plans for Iwahig
MANILA - The Philippine National Oil Company – Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC), the biofuels arm of state-owned PNOC, is planning on continuing the development of jatropha...

S.W. Florida: New Biodiesel Crop Jatropha Taking Off
US - The roots for a new energy crop in Southwest Florida have been planted.

Novel Stress Tolerance Gene from Jatropha
CHINA - Extreme environmental conditions such as low water availability, extremely high and low temperatures and high salinity restrict plant productivity.

Conversion of rice fields created rice shortage
THE PHILIPPINES - In the Central Luzon plains, Nueva Ecija is unique. In this farming province, the biggest rice producer in this region, there are rows upon rows of rice paddies. But...

India to set up National Biofuel Development Board
MUMBAI, INDIA - The union government is planning to set up a National Biofuel Development Board, it said on Tuesday.