jatropha curcas is the plant with lots of potential benefits. As the nonrenewable fuel sources are declining quickly and the carbon dioxide emission emitted from it contaminates the environment, the world is working towards an alternative fuel to conquer it.

The Jatropha curcas is the plant which can grow in semi desert, little care is enough for its development. It grows both in topical and sub tropical area. The jatropha seed contains 35 percent oil material in it. The oil from jatropha can be used as biodiesel blend as much as 20% without refining. The oil burns with clear smoke-free flame, and was evaluated successfully as a fuel for easy diesel motor. It is not a food crop given that the oil is non-edible. The oil is utilized as a traditional medication disinfectant and to treat illness like cancer, piles, snakebite, paralysis dropsy etc. The seed oil is likewise used for lighting and in soap preparation. It is seldom utilized as a live fence in avoiding crops from livestock and it periodically utilized as home demarcation. It lowers the soil erosion.

The optimum growing conditions for the Jatropha plant varies from 1000 to1500 mm annual rains, with temperatures of 20 to 28 C. The soil needs to be free draining pipes without any water logging. But sufficient water and nutrition is a must for high yield. The jatropha is easy to grow and it can bear the seeds within a year of planting. It supplies oxygen for the world and it can grow even in bad soil. It can not withstand frost.

The jatropha curcas Electrification is establishing in lots of nations. Mali is considered to be one of the poorest countries in the world. At Mali, Garalo Jatropha Producers' Cooperative (CPP) and the ACCESS are the primary organizations developing jatropha curcas cultivation. The private power business ACCESS is generates and does electrical energy sales. Currently 247 families are connected to the micro grid after a payment of $30 as a contribution to the connection expenses. Likewise in India, the Rural Electricity Supply Technology (REST) objective of the Ministry of Power (MOP) planning to produce power for all by 2012. The little scale power generation projects were developed in Chattisgarh, India. It is being run by Winrock International in the Kabir Dham district. This little power system offers 24-hour power supply at the really budget-friendly cost of 50 cents per light bulb to poor villagers. It is 17.5 KW capacity power plant runs on raw jatropha curcas seed oil.Jatropha is a promising crop for rural development. The jatropha curcas oil lights up rural areas with electrical power. The jatropha planting on the wastelands has the capability to offer 50-60% of the India's fuel requirements.

The Jatropha curcas plantation in 1 hectare minimizes 20 lots of carbon dioxide per year. The biggest jatropha producing nation in Asia will be Indonesia and India. In Africa, Ghana and Madagascar will be the largest manufacturers. Brazil will be the largest producer in Latin America. The plantation is a labor intensive procedure hence it produces task for numerous poor rural people. Above all Jatropha can be used as a Renewable Energy.