[Stoves] The PROTOS Plant Oil Cooker

[adkarve]

1 tonne of Jatropha seed per ha is the norm in India. If grown on poor soil,
the yield is even less. For holding soil on sloping lands, there are other
plants, which would be more profitable than Jatropha.
Yours
A.D.Karve
----- Original Message -----
From: Simon and Zoe <simonandzoe at yakpost.net>
To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] The PROTOS Plant Oil Cooker


> It seems that Jatropha can potentially have two advantages over seed from
> other plants:
>
> 1. It can grow on land which is otherwise unsuitable for agricultural
> production, it can even be planted as a stabiliser in areas of soil
erosion,
> producing seeds with 1 year of planting.
>
> 2. Many organisations advertise very large potential yields from Jatropha
> (up to 12 tonnes per hectare), on the other hand it seems there have also
> been many disappointing projects in India with yields below 1 tonne per
> hectare the norm and many farmers giving up altogether on the plants.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David G. LeVine" <dlevine at speakeasy.net>
> To: "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] The PROTOS Plant Oil Cooker
>
>
> > At 02:45 AM 5/2/2007, you wrote:
> > >On the subject of use of castor oil etc I think the stovers maybe
> interested
> > >in reading a keynote lecture I gave recently at National Oilseeds
> > >conference. www.nariphaltan.org/biofuels.pdf
> >
> > Then I have a question.  With Castor producing so much more energy
> > per hectare, whi are less productive plants being pushed so hard?
> >
> >
> > David G. LeVine
> > Nashua, NH  03060
> >
> >
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