MASS SCALE JATROPHA PLANTATION GOING TO BE ORGANIZED IN TANAHUN DISTRICT

Mass scale plantation of Jatropha curcas, a potential feedstock for biodiesel production in Nepal is going to be organized in Satrasaya Phant, Aanbu VDC of Tanahun district on 25 June, 2010. The program is going to be organized by Development Center Nepal, Everest Biodiesel Company Pvt. Ltd., Shree Mitrata Higher Secondary School, Marshyangdi Cooperative, and The Embassy of Finland, Kathmandu. The communities have planned to plant Jatropha in at lease 200 ropanies in one day. The program is going to be organized as a part of a program "Jatropha Crop Extension Program". The extension program is implemented in five districts: Makwanpur, Chitwan, Gorkha, Tanahun, and Kaski. The one day program is a part of that project which aims to plant Jatropha in at lease 600 ropanies of land in each district.