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chumroen benchavitvilai | Jun 23, 2009 | Reply
Is it really economical viable to have the Jatropha captive plantation ?
It is a completely failure in Africa for the Jatropha plantation.
Why did Abundant moved out from Africa to Phillippines after the failure ?.
The same mistakes should not repeat again in Asia.