Dear Group Members,

Although very late but it is good news that now Indian media is publishing
news of Jatropha failure. Farmers are in anger and raising voice against
Jatropha plantation based corruption. Shri Tripathi of Nahili village told the
media that he planted one lakh saplings but after harvest when he contacted
forest department, they refused even to talk with the farmer. When another
Farmer Shri Rama Manohar planted Jatropha in one acre by removing food crops,
District authorities visited to encourage. When he approached to the authorities
with seeds no one was there to respond. Farmer named Shri Ashok destroyed 5
quintal Jatropha seeds. This news clipping in Hindi says that farmers used heavy
machinery by their own expenses to remove Jatropha from fields as Jatropha is
deep rooted plant and once established its hard to remove.

http://www.bundelkhandlive.com/site/?p=670

Few days back I got reaction from senior farmer who uprooted Jatropha recently,
on use of Jatropha oil by New Zealand Air. He simply said " Fools are present
throughout world."


Pankaj Oudhia

http://knol.google.com/k/pankaj-oudhia/pankaj-oudhia/3nerdtj3s9l79/1