page_title: Sustainable biofuel
section_title: India and Africa
hierarchical_section_title: Sustainable biofuel / Plants used as sustainable biofuel / Jatropha / India and Africa
caption_attribution_description: English: Bellyache Bush or Cottonleaf Physic Nut Jatropha gossipifolia in Hyderabad , India.
context_page_description: Sustainable biofuel is biofuel produced in a sustainable manner.
context_section_description: Crops like Jatropha, used for biodiesel, can thrive on marginal agricultural land where many trees and crops won't grow, or would produce only slow growth yields. Jatropha cultivation provides benefits for local communities: 
  Cultivation and fruit picking by hand is labour-intensive and needs around one person per hectare. In parts of rural India and Africa this provides much-needed jobs - about 200,000 people worldwide now find employment through jatropha. Moreover, villagers often find that they can grow other crops in the shade of the trees. Their communities will avoid importing expensive diesel and there will be some for export too.
caption: Jatropha gossipifolia in Hyderabad, India.
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