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Biofuel: The little shrub that could - maybe

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India, like many countries, has high hopes for jatropha as a biofuel source, but little is known about how to make it a successful crop. Daemon Fairless digs for the roots of a new enthusiasm.

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  • Daemon Fairless, 2007. "Biofuel: The little shrub that could - maybe," Nature, Nature, vol. 449(7163), pages 652-655, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:449:y:2007:i:7163:d:10.1038_449652a
    DOI: 10.1038/449652a
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    1. Peters, Jörg & Thielmann, Sascha, 2008. "Promoting biofuels: Implications for developing countries," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(4), pages 1538-1544, April.
    2. Sánchez, A.S. & Almeida, M.B. & Torres, E.A. & Kalid, R.A. & Cohim, E. & Gasparatos, A., 2018. "Alternative biodiesel feedstock systems in the Semi-arid region of Brazil: Implications for ecosystem services," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 81(P2), pages 2744-2758.
    3. Soto, Iria & Achten, Wouter M.J. & Muys, Bart & Mathijs, Erik, 2015. "Who benefits from energy policy incentives? The case of jatropha adoption by smallholders in Mexico," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 37-47.
    4. Adrian Marjolein Caniels & Henny Romijn, 2009. "The Jatropha Biofuels Sector in Tanzania 2005-9: Evolution Towards Sustainability?," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 0919, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Nov 2009.
    5. Blanca Antizar-Ladislao & Juan L. Turrion-Gomez, 2010. "Decentralized Energy from Waste Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 3(2), pages 1-12, January.
    6. Leela, T. & Naresh, B. & Srikanth Reddy, M. & Madhusudhan, N.Ch. & Cherku, Prathibha Devi, 2011. "Morphological, physico-chemical and micropropagation studies in Jatropha curcas L. and RAPD analysis of the regenerants," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 88(6), pages 2071-2079, June.
    7. V.M. Ruíz-Valdiviezo & L.D. Mendoza-Urbina & M. Luna-Guido & F.A. Gutiérrez-Miceli & M.R. Cárdenas-Aquino & J.A. Montes-Molina & L. Dendooven, 2013. "Emission of CO2, CH4 and N2O and dynamics of mineral N in soils amended with castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) and piñón (Jatropha curcas L.) seed cake," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 59(2), pages 51-56.
    8. Achten, Wouter M.J. & Almeida, Joana & Fobelets, Vincent & Bolle, Evelien & Mathijs, Erik & Singh, Virendra P. & Tewari, Dina N. & Verchot, Louis V. & Muys, Bart, 2010. "Life cycle assessment of Jatropha biodiesel as transportation fuel in rural India," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 87(12), pages 3652-3660, December.
    9. Jun Wu & Junhui Zhang, 2020. "Research and Development of Natural Vegetable Insulating Oil Based on Jatropha curcas Seed Oil," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-12, August.
    10. Maru Shete & Marcel Rutten & George C. Schoneveld & Eylachew Zewude, 2016. "Land-use changes by large-scale plantations and their effects on soil organic carbon, micronutrients and bulk density: empirical evidence from Ethiopia," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 33(3), pages 689-704, September.
    11. Pandey, Vimal Chandra & Singh, Kripal & Singh, Jay Shankar & Kumar, Akhilesh & Singh, Bajrang & Singh, Rana P., 2012. "Jatropha curcas: A potential biofuel plant for sustainable environmental development," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(5), pages 2870-2883.

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