| Jatropha? Salicomia? Seeking Regional Biofuels |
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| Written by Heather McKee | |
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Agricultural land management is being challenged throughout the world - climate patterns are shifting, fresh water is increasingly scarce, insect and plant pests are globalized, and soils are salinized from irrigation and fertilizer. At the same time, food and fuel demands are exploding, and farmers and agricultural giants are in a mad rush to find the "best" biofuel - the one plant that produces the most per acre, so everyone can plant that one plant. However, a subgroup of researchers and businesses around the world are taking a more bottom-up approach, by planting biofuels that fit their particular region's ecology and climate, even if they are not necessarily native. In India, four petroleum companies have partnered to plant over 7 million acres of jatropha trees as a biofuel crop. The trees will grow on wasteland, provide consistent soil stability and protection from floods, and provide habitat for other plants and animals. The jatropha plantations provide perennial sources of fuel, as they shed their oily nutberries each year. Most recently, biofuel researchers have focused on identifying halophytic plants (plants that can handle salty conditions) like Salicomia that could be grown for food or fuel on otherwise unuseable salinized agricultural land Via Monga Bay
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