Open AccessNon‐edible oil seed producing Calophyllum inophyllum ideal for India's future biofuel development
Author(s) -
Agoramoorthy Govindasamy,
Sarnaik Jayant,
Mungikar Rahul,
Punde Sameer,
Hsu Minna J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
gcb bioenergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.378
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1757-1707
pISSN - 1757-1693
DOI - 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01171.x
Subject(s) - biofuel , subsistence agriculture , agroforestry , food security , jatropha , bioenergy , agriculture , biodiesel , natural resource economics , climate change , environmental science , business , agricultural economics , economics , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , biology , biochemistry , catalysis
Abstract The impending climate change crisis has stimulated enormous interest in the development of biofuel globally. The supporters of biofuel hail that it is naturally carbon‐neutral whereas the critiques argue that the large‐scale plantations and production of biofuel based on Jatropha can not only strain agricultural resources but also threaten future food security. India's subsistence farmers are often faced with challenges and constraints of poverty. Foremost among the challenges are the marginal environmental conditions for agriculture often influenced by erratic rainfall, drought, poor soil quality, and unreliable irrigation water supply. In this article, we have presented a case study on the potential to use nonedible seeds from naturally occurring tree species, Calophyllum inophyllum to meet the increasing demand for biofuel production in India.