Indian research institute looking for ways to make jatropha economically viable for farmers

In India, the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute is eyeing ways to attract farmers back to jatropha production to boost oil supplies allowing it to use its patented biofuel production technology. The center has been experimenting with uses for the cake, such as a soil supplement, and soaps from glycerin. Even jatropha shells may make a useful feedstock for bio-oil production, in addition to the oil produced from seeds that could be converted into biodiesel.