On the other hand, various fast growing tree species such as S. saman, A. procera, D. sissoo, A. auriculiformis, A. nilotica, Melia azedarach and Gmelina arborea were observed to have been planted on off-farm government marginal lands.
As Jatropha is targeted to plant on marginal soil with low nutrient levels, fertilizer requirement would be higher than other crops.
Two border rows were planted around the experiment to reduce marginal effects.
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Jatropha curcas L. is an oil seed producing non-leguminous tropical shrub that has good potential to be a fuel plant that can be cultivated on marginal land.
However, concerns regarding food security resulted in the government's order to halt construction of corn-based plants and promote non-food feedstocks which can be grown on marginal and abandoned lands instead [ 3].
They can be grown on marginal land, in open or closed systems, using seawater or effluents from wastewater treatment plants, coupling fuel production with bioremediation.
To avoid competing with food crops for arable field, a large proportion of switchgrass fields will be located on marginal lands where various abiotic stresses, such as salt, drought, and extreme temperatures, limit plant growth.
It was observed that the rural households met the large portion of their firewood demand from homestead trees and partly from trees planted on government-owned marginal lands.
