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| | The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Coimbatore News : TNAU project to promote jatropha, pungam |
 | | In view of the uncertain supply of crude oil and frequent price hikes in the international market, bio-diesel derived from vegetable oil was being considered a source of renewable energy, and had been attracting attention from researchers. |
 | | The Dean, FC & RI, TNAU, K. Neelakandan, said that the institute would lay out demonstration plots of ten hectares for jatropha and four hectares for pungam, free of cost for farmers, and would also meet maintenance expenses for two years, under the project. |
 | | The NOVOD Board had authorised the professor and Head of the Department of Tree Breeding, FC & RI, M. Paramathma, as the National Coordinator for this network project, which would be carried out in ten centres throughout the country. |
| www.hindu.com /2005/02/01/stories/2005020103730300.htm (377 words) |
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