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Seema Singh 11:24 PM | July 20,2008
The firm says it is testing inter-cropping of non-edible fuel crops, along with a diverse set of food crops
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By Seema Singh 04:20 AM | January 10,2008
The plant biotechnology company was recently chosen by the Department of Biotechnology to multiply the tissue culture clones for field testing
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Maitreyee Handique 10:20 AM | November 21,2007
The government has announced a support price of Rs6.50 a kg, but market prices have hit Rs30-50 a kg
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Maitreyee Handique 12:22 AM | November 15,2007
His non-profit Uthan centre helps villagers extract oil from jatropha; the triple PhD holder is a Gandhian at heart
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Jacob P. Koshy 05:22 PM | November 03,2007
Unlike tomato and tobacco, which are major food and cash crops, very little research has gone into studying jatropha
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Naveen Thukral and Niluksi Koswanage, Reuters 06:10 PM | August 30,2007
The nation has identified 64 million hectares of wasteland that can be planted with jatropha, a non-edible oilseed which grows even on arid land
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By Adam Cox/Reuters 01:21 AM | August 21,2007
Scientists say research into a new generation of biofuel sources could yield cheap energy supplies that do not compete with food crops for water or space
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03:54 PM | August 12,2007
About 30% of India’s energy needs are met by oil, and more than 60% of that is imported
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