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Techno-Economic Models for Optimised Utilisation of Jatropha curcas Linnaeus under an Out-Grower Farming Scheme in Ghana

open access: yesResources, 2016
Techno-economic models for optimised utilisation of jatropha oil under an out-grower farming scheme were developed based on different considerations for oil and by-product utilisation.
Isaac Osei   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biofuels and rural livelihoods: Empirical evidence on the welfare impacts of Jatropha cultivation in southern Malawi

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2019
This study evaluates the welfare impacts of jatropha (Jatropha curcas) cultivation measured as consumption expenditure per adult-equivalent for smallholders in southern Malawi.
Owen Yoram Chamdimba   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

MORPHOLOGICAL, ANATOMICAL AND CHEMICAL STUDY OF AN EXOTIC PLANT JATROPHA INTEGERRIMA JACQ. 1763 (EUPHORBIACEAE) IN IRAQ

open access: yesBulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2022
JatrophaL. is an exotic genus to Iraq and it has been cultivated in gardens for ornamental purposes because of the shiny red color of the flowers.The plant adapted to environmental conditions and succeeded in growing and blooming ...
Zainab Abid Aun Ali   +2 more
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Mechanical behaviour of several layers of selected plant seeds under compression loading

open access: yesResearch in Agricultural Engineering, 2012
This article is focused on the determination of the mechanical behaviour of several layers of plant seeds namely; garden pea (Pisum sativum L.), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), common sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.)
D. Herák   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Grabbing and Jatropha in India: An Analysis of ‘Hyped’ Discourse on the Subject

open access: yesLand, 2021
In the early 2000s, powerful narratives (re-)emerged around the food–fuel–land nexus, which, combined with the financial, food, and fuel crises of 2007–08, sparked new concerns about the finiteness of our resources and triggered, as well as partially ...
Anika Trebbin
doaj   +1 more source

Model for energy and deformation determination of selected oilseeds under compression loading - Short communication

open access: yesResearch in Agricultural Engineering, 2012
Compression loading test was performed to determine the dependency between force and deformation of jatropha, sunflower and rape seeds with respect to different pressing seed volume. Parameters such as max. deformation and energy were measured.
A. Kabutey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tangent curve utilization for description of mechanical behaviour of pressed mixture

open access: yesResearch in Agricultural Engineering, 2011
This article is focused on the utilization of tangent curve for description of mechanical behaviour of pressed mixture under compression loading. The aim of this experiment was to determine the general equation describing deformation characteristics of ...
D. Herák   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of Jatropha hybrid clones grown under subtropical conditions of south India

open access: yesElectronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2021
Jatropha curcas L. is a tree borne oilseed crop and growing as a shrub as a living fence in a farmers’ field. Characterization is an initial step for the development of any plant database. The characterization of plant characters (plant height and growth
K. T. Parthiban1*, S. Revathi1, C. Cinthia Fernandaz1 and M. Umadevi2
doaj   +1 more source

Jatropha curcas poisoning in a family from rural Haryana

open access: yesIndian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2022
Background: Jatropha curcas is a flowering plant found all over the world. It has traditionally been used for medicinal purposes and as an ornamental plant. Lately, it is being promoted for biodiesel production.
Sangeeta Choudhary   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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