Jatropha Curcas came under the spotlight recently at JatrophaWorld 2008, which is being touted as the single largest international gathering of Jatropha entrepreneurs and financiers. Over 350 delegates from 40 countries convened in Jakarta, Indonesia on 23-24 January to be a part of the JatrophaWorld 2008 phenomenon. A panel of internationally acclaimed experts delivered insightful speeches on Jatropha plantation management, project finance, agronomy, genetics, tissue culture, Carbon trading, CDM financing, harvesting, irrigation, oil extraction and processing, and applications of Jatropha and Jatropha by products. Discussion on the socio-economics of Jatropha put the crop in perspective as a tool for rural poverty alleviation. The second conference in the JatrophaWorld 2008 series will be held in Miami on 10-11 June 2008. Read »


