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Who
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ANDHRA
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Govt. of AP (GoAP) to encourage Jatropha plantation in 10 rain
shadow districts of AP |
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Task force for it has been constituted at district and state
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Government of AP proposed Jatropha cultivation in 15 lakh acres
in next 4 years |
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target is 2 lakh acres |
| Irrigation
to be dovetailed with Jatropha cultivation |
| 90%
drip subsidy is proposed |
| Jatropha
cultivation to be taken up only in cultivable lands with existing
farmers. |
| Crop
and yield insurance is proposed |
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Biodiesel
draft policy by Andhra govt.
The Andhra Pradesh government has introduced
a draft biodiesel policy to facilitate both investors and
farmers to plant oil-bearing trees in 15 lakh acre in the
next four years.
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for constituting a biodiesel board, which would be an autonomous
board for integrated development of jatropha cultivation and
bio-diesel oil in the state. The proposed board, having legal
authority, will monitor the tripartite agreement signed between
the stake holders, besides assisting, encouraging, and promoting
jatropha cultivation, according to the officials involved in
preparing the draft policy said. With a proposal to guarantee
an income of Rs 24,000 per annum to a farmer, the total cost
of cultivation for the farmer for the first two years comes
to about Rs 12,375. At a realization of Rs 6 per kg of seeds
sold as a projected price, a farmer is assured of an income
of Rs 4,800 per acre per year. However, the proposal is to guarantee
income only to the farmers taking the plantations up to a maximum
of five acre of land. Following the constitution of policy,
the government is determined to promote contract farming for
buyback of jatropha seeds. The minimum buy-back price will be
fixed considering the different variables including the quality
and quantity of the produce. A special department called the
Rain Shadow Area Department has been created as a special purpose
vehicle for planning, coordination, monitoring and implementation
of the biodiesel programme. Meanwhile, the state government
proposes to encourage jatropha plantations in seven districts
viz Ananthapur, Kurnool, Kadappa, Chitoor, Mehboobnagar, Nalgonda
and Ranga Reddy districts. The state-level taskforce includes
the principal secretaries of agriculture, rural development,
finance, rain shadow department, a Icrisat nominee, a Crida
nominee and the vice-chancellor of the agricultural university.
The projected sale by the year 2009-10 is about 4.6 MMT with
a net seed production required to produce about 3 MMT with 30%
oil content in 1 MMT of biodiesel. Further, the state-level
task force will evaluate expression of interests for setting
up new biodiesel plants, the officials added. |
| Note: This information
has been provided by concerned agency, yet to be ascertained
by PCRA |
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