WB goes in for Jatropha cultivation for bio-diesel resource
The West Bengal government has taken up a programme to develop cultivation of Jatropha plant to popularise it as a major source of bio-diesel.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has taken up a programme to develop cultivation of Jatropha plant to popularise it as a major source of bio-diesel.
A survey is also proposed to identify the various species of Jatropha available in the state with special emphasis on districts where the growth of the plant is rampant, Saumendra Nath Bera, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Bio-Technology in the state assembly, said.
The project will be taken under a Micro-Mission Project of Jatropha under the Union Bio-Technology department
Describing Jatropha oil as a "potential source of fuel," Bera said the survey would enable identification of the varieties and its required soil and climatic conditions for obtaining appropriate quality planting materials with maximum oil content.
Bera, who recently undertook a study visit along with other members of the Standing Committee to Garmandaran in Hooghly district, said field trials for large-scale cultivation of Jatropha had been undertaken at Hooghly and Bankura.
"Its cultivation is proposed to be extended to other districts depending on the total area of cultivation and total seed production," he said.
Quality planting materials to be produced by macro propagation would provide quality seeds for oil extraction, Bera said adding that in order to provide good planting material, saplings were being produced from seeds and cuttings.
A survey is also proposed to identify the various species of Jatropha available in the state with special emphasis on districts where the growth of the plant is rampant, Saumendra Nath Bera, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Bio-Technology in the state assembly, said.
The project will be taken under a Micro-Mission Project of Jatropha under the Union Bio-Technology department
Describing Jatropha oil as a "potential source of fuel," Bera said the survey would enable identification of the varieties and its required soil and climatic conditions for obtaining appropriate quality planting materials with maximum oil content.
Bera, who recently undertook a study visit along with other members of the Standing Committee to Garmandaran in Hooghly district, said field trials for large-scale cultivation of Jatropha had been undertaken at Hooghly and Bankura.
"Its cultivation is proposed to be extended to other districts depending on the total area of cultivation and total seed production," he said.
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Quality planting materials to be produced by macro propagation would provide quality seeds for oil extraction, Bera said adding that in order to provide good planting material, saplings were being produced from seeds and cuttings.
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