Its called Jeotropha & produces bio-diesel.Its being grown in lamu & kwale(shimba hills area) where Energy africa ltd signed contracts with farmers 3yrs ago.

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a friend of mine in nyandarua has 20 ha of it already. Bought diesel extractor in india for 2000usd. Doing it in his farm and know what? gava does not tax the bizina coz the guy said its trial basis. on a different thread had talked about planting of the same.

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HI All
All Biodiesel Production Compared to cooking oil production is a waste of time.

Diesel
every four Kg of unshelled seeds produces one Ltr.
The waste products are useless unless used as fuel.
the average cost of crude oil is 55/=

sunflower
every three Kgs of seeds produces one ltr.
the waste is animal feeds.
the average cost of crude sunflower oil is 160/=

Talk to me and see the demonstration of both production.

Plenty Resources.
Nairobi




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i have tried crushing jatropha,and trust me the business is not feasible with the current fuel prices. jatropha takes too long to mature - about 3 years,its messy to process (heavy wear and tear on machinery),expensive to buy and you cant sell any of the by products because they are toxic. i also tried sunflower but its too expensive to process for diesel,so its better to sell it as cooking oil. i am now crushing cotton seed,from which i get oil for bio diesel and cake which i sell as animal feed. i use the revenue from the cake to help subsidize my cost for oil / diesel. some people also buy my oil for cooking,especially the lower income category.

@plentyresources. the cotton seed is available from cotton ginnerys. i buy from a ginnery in kitui nd kisumu who have stocks all year round nd can deliver to me. the other ginnerys have it sometimes whenever they operate bt do not deliver. my machines broke down last month so i hav not bought since march bt the last price i bought it for was kshs 18 per kilo delivered. i dint get wht u said abt the oil. my machine is near a slum nd most of the people staying there come nd buy my oil for cooking. i dont sell it in fixed quantities. i sell it loose,they bring container nd i fill whatever they want. there is a paint company tht buys my oil also,bt they take too long to pay so i prefer selling in retail. i have not made bio diesel for last 2 months becoz there is better demand for cooking oil. bt u cud do tht. the cake goes very fast. i have buyers who come from central who buy for they cows nd also one animal feeds man buys from me. payment for cake is good becoz it cash terms. i bought my machines in 2006 from china nd have repayed it now so am happy. plz give workings for sun flower. i want to try it but the prices are very high. someone wanted to sell me for 45/- for kg.