Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology Environment and Forest

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Biotechnological interventions for production and
plantation of improved quality of Jatropha
Dr. Renu Swarup Director Department of
Biotechnology Government of India
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• Environmental sustainability Development
  that meets the needs of the present without
  compromising the ability of future generations to
  meet their own needs.

World Commission on Environment and Development,
1987
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One of the most pressing and complex challenges
facing our generation is to develop a workable
synergy between economic and environmental
realities.

• PCRA Report

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Energy Consumption

• India second largest commercial energy consumer
  in Non-OECD East Asia.
• 19 of the regions total primary energy
  consumption
• Energy consumption in absolute terms increased
  2.5 fold during last two decades.
• Expected to triple upto 2020

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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

Source PCRA Report
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Source PCRA Report
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Biofuels An Alternative

• Efficient
• Environment friendly
• Cost Effective
• 100 natural energy replacement for petroleum
  fuel
• Liquid and Gaseous fuels
• Bioethanol
• Biodiesel

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Biodiesel

• 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

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Jatropha curcas

• 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

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• 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Nursery establishment of quality material of
Jatropha at Biotech Park, Lucknow
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Nursery establishment of quality material of
Jatropha at Biotech Park, Lucknow
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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

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• 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

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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

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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.