How biofuels push up food prices Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar Global cultivated land cannot be increased instantly. So, crops once devoted to human...
Dear Group Members, On 28 March 2007 I delivered a lecture on Negative aspects of Jatropha and its impact of traditional farming in workshop organised by...
Dr.U.Shrinivasa dreams of a biodiesel future based on Pongamia Pinnata http://www.goodnewsindia.com/Pages/content/discovery/honge.html For new members I am...
Biofuels : Friend or Foe? Now imagine thousands of acres of landcovered in a plant that sucks up far more of the country’s precious water than indigenous...
... Pinnata ... native ... Dear Pankaj ji, Read the article on Honge seed. The compassion, conviction, fellow feeling and wisdom of Dr U Srinivasa comes out...
Dear Pankj ji, Keep it up. You have our support. If we can think of some ways to bring the negative effects of Jatropha farming to the notice of the Govt of CG...
That is why common people oppose Jatropha plantation. For my lectures on negative aspects of poisonous Jatropha I travel different parts of India. Very...
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Thanks for you message and support. We are trying to expose the intentions of Jatropha promoters not only at state level but also at national and international...
The New York Times opposes corn-based ethanol production THE influential New York Times has criticized an unprecedented increase in U.S. corn production for...
From Workers World Viren Fidel Castro on ethanol and Bush Published Apr 7, 2007 10:03 AM Fidel Castro Cuban President Fidel Castro has written an article on...
A plant Grows without water Needs no fertilizer Needs no agronomical practice Tolerates Extreme Temperature Tolerates even very low Temperature Needs no plant...
Poisonous Jatropha; President Kalam’s Gift To India Dear Dr. Rebello, I am glad that by announcing your intentions to contest the election to the highest...
Dear Group Members, We as well as Jatropha planners of India are regularly giving warnings that Jatropha cultivation is very less profitable than traditional...
Biofuel 'threat to rainforests' GREATER use of biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels will threaten tropical rain forests, biodiversity and food security, ...
Farmers reject jatropha The hope of proponents of the jatropha as the plant to be adopted for the production of bio diesel in the country is in jeopardy, as a ...
The all important Bees in the Biodiesel equation Br Dr Garth Cambray Albert Einstein once said, "if bees were to disappear, man would only have a few years to...
ESPAÃ`OL ADJUNTO 4th May 2007 Joint press release by Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project, Grupo de Reflexion Rural...
I want to grow pungai trees for bio diesel production In South India. Does anyone have a nursery for seedlings or seeds to grow my won seedlings and where...
From cgnet yahoo group. Global rush to energy crops threatens to bring food shortages and increase poverty, says UN · Winners and losers in huge biofuel...
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Dear Group I'm an anthropologist, alarmed at the "greenwash" propaganda promoting biofuels, plantations' land takeovers with human right violations in ...
SOUTH AFRICA: Biofuel making staple food more expensive JOHANNESBURG , 28 May 2007 (IRIN) - The rush to produce biofuels, driven by the threat of global...