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Environmental sustainability:
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2. Environmental sustainability: “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
3. One of the most pressing and complex challenges facing our generation is to develop a workable synergy between economic and environmental realities. PCRA Report
4. Energy Consumption India – second largest commercial energy consumer in Non-OECD East Asia.
19% of the region’s total primary energy consumption
Energy consumption in absolute terms increased 2.5 fold during last two decades.
Expected to triple upto 2020
5. Petroleum products: Some Statistics Consumption in India increased from 4 MMT in 1950 to 130 MMT in 2001-02
Expected demand for 2006-07 : 175 MMT
Present indigenous production about 50% of annual requirement
Current recoverable crude oil reserves : 739 MMT
7. Biofuels: An Alternative Efficient
Environment friendly
Cost Effective
100% natural energy replacement for petroleum fuel
Liquid and Gaseous fuels
Bioethanol
Biodiesel
8. An environmentally friendly replacement for petroleum based fuel
Production by transesterification of oil
Non-edible oils are a rich source and economically viable
Jatropha curcas identified as most potential source Biodiesel
9. Jatropha system promotes four main aspects of development, which combine to help assure a sustainable way of life for village farmers and the land that supports them:
Erosion control and soil improvement
Employment
Poverty reduction
Renewable energy
Jatropha curcas
10. Reported yields from different trials are comparatively low
No systematic study conducted so far on screening and selection
Grows widely, however no selection based on yield and oil content
Multiplication through seed leads to variability
Yield is governed by a GxE interaction, agroclimatic based field trials essential
11. Improved Production and Productivity Systematic selection of desirable superior genotypes- 30-40% oil; 3-5 tonnes/ha yield
Essential to screen Jatropha genotypes and associate molecular markers with oil content
Genetic diversity estimation using molecular tools
Micro and Macroprorogation for mass multiplication of desired genotype
12. Micromission on production and demonstration of quality planting material Objectives:
Selection of superior material based on established criteria- Oil content 30-40%; yield 3-5 tonnes/ha.
Production of superior quality material – Micro and macropropagation
Nursery establishment at 10-12 centers
Standardizing agro technology packages
Demonstration in identified areas at 10-12 agroclimatic locations
13. Expected Outcome Collection of superior material from different locations
Oil estimation and characterization
Germplasm collection
Nursery establishment
Demonstration of the quality material to evaluate the performance at different agroclimatic locations
Serve as superior stock material for other nurseries/centers for production of quality plants
Approximately 500ha to be covered, 10-12 nurseries
14. Status Nearly 300 accessions collected from across the Country
Over 256 accessions characterized, 50% reported to have over 35% oil content
Approximately 7 lakhs plants produced. 300 ha. covered
Quality germplasm being maintained
17. Agencies / Institute Involved National Oil Seeds and Vegetable Oil Board, Gurgaon
Jaipur University, Jaipur
National Botanical Research Institute/ Biotech Park Lucknow
Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai
H.N.B Garhwal University, Garhwal, Uttaranchal
M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
18. Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur
Punjab Rao Deshmukh Krishi Vidhyapeeth (PDKV), Akola, Maharastra
Haryana Science and Technology Council, Haryana
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Kerala Agriculture University, Thrissur
West Bengal Council Of Science and Technology, Calcutta
The Energy Resources Institute, New Delhi
19. Future Strategy Utilize 175 m ha of waste land
Organized Jatropha plantation
Only superior material to be multiplied
SHG, Cooperatives, Farmers network to be involved
Proper linkage to ensure end to end approach.
Seed collection to be linked with extraction, processing and refining units
Oil companies to be major players
20. To Conclude…. In the words of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
“In building a paradigm of sustainable development, it is necessary to link concepts and procedures at the macro level with field-level practices to arrive at a way of translating a conceptual response into a reality.”