TITLE:
The Potentials of Jatropha Plantations in Egypt: A Review
AUTHORS:
Waleed Mahmoud Soliman, Xiurong He
KEYWORDS:
Wastewater, Jatropha, Biofuel, Environment, Economics, Egypt
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.6 No.2,
February
5,
2015
ABSTRACT: Jatropha curcas L.
is one of the recently planted trees that utilizes wastewater in Egypt. It is
not just because of its features, such as drought tolerance, rapid growth, and
easy propagation, higher oil content than other oil crops, but also because of
the Egyptian unique model which uses wastewater for planting Jatropha in the marginal desert land, which in turn
represents an excellent opportunity to make use of such land. Moreover, this
system provides a good way for reusing the treated sewage water, which itself
represents an environment hazard. In addition, Jatropha plantations can be used in the future to be the base for
the biodiesel production industry. This review tried to cover the current
situation of Jatropha plantations in
Egypt. To do so, the paper first reviewed the available land and wastewater
resources, and then the potential EU biofuel market situation. Finally, it
discussed the biofuel production potentials in Egypt.