Analysis of Bio-diesel

This study attempted to identify and fill critical knowledge gaps, which currently inhibit effective policy on Bio-diesel in India to delineate the key challenges in the Jatropha cultivation in consonance to find ways to scale up the outreach of services to the poor and vulnerable. The study analyzes various socio economic parameters, agro climatic conditions and other multi stakeholders consisting of oilseeds cultivators, with regard to Jatropha. The project identifies the primary barriers of Jatropha plantation for socio-economic feasibility of a multi-stakeholder system with a focus on rural population. Biofuel promotion is a very complex issue dependent on knowledge, infrastructure support, policy issues, political environment, inter-sectoral cooperation and linkages for the cooperation and technology promotion and transfer. Feedstock supply and management chain emerge as a most important issue for the promotion of Bio-diesel from Jatropha, considering site-specific climatic, agronomic, economic, and social conditions.