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dc.contributor.authorMogaka, Violet Moraa
dc.contributor.authorMbatia, O.L.E
dc.contributor.authorNzuma, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-24T06:51:39Z
dc.date.available2013-07-24T06:51:39Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationViolet Moraa Mogaka, O.L.E Mbatia and Nzuma Jonathan (2012). Feasibility of Biofuel Production in Kenya: The Case of Jatropha. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) Triennial Conference, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 18-24 Augusten
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/50410
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates the potential of Jatropha curcas Linnaeus (Jatropha) as an alternative source of energy for rural households. The plant is said to have potential to diversify rural incomes, reclaim unproductive lands, reduce importation of fossil fuels, and consequently accumulation of green house gases in the atmosphere. A cost benefit analysis was employed to evaluate the feasibility of producing Jatropha as a biodiesel feedstock in relation to other crops in Kwale district. An IRR of 11 percent, BCR of 0.62 and a NPV of (28267.56) showed that production of Jatropha is not feasible at the moment. However we conclude that the plant has a potential to achieve its intended purpose if there is coordination in research and development along the Jatropha value chain and if technical and financial support is accorded to actors at the production level of the chain.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectJatropha, Biofuel, Feasibility, Cost-Benefit-analysisen
dc.titleFeasibility of Biofuel Production in Kenya: The Case of Jatrophaen
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