Farming the wasteland

  • 17/06/2011

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

The Assam government has drafted an ambitious plan to introduce cultivation of jatropha (Jatropha curcas ) to help farmers boost their income, and also to produce bio-diesel. The state agriculture department last week organised a day-long training workshop for farmers and NGOs working in rural areas to popularise the crop. A Rs 50 lakh scheme to propagate jatropha cultivation on an experimental basis in nine districts