Consider the following statements with respect to the Jatropha Biofuel 1 Jatropha plants can only be...........

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Consider the following statements with respect to the 'Jatropha Biofuel':

1. Jatropha plants can only be grown in areas which are well irrigated and are sufficiently fertile.

2. Jatropha oil is carbon-intensive hence its large-scale production may shoot up the India's carbon emissions profile.

3. Jatropha plants are natural pest resistant but requires large productive farmland.

Which of the above given statements is/are incorrect?

2 and 3 only

3 only

All of the above

None of the above

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Explanation:

It has the potential to grow in dry marginal non-agricultural lands, thereby allowing villagers and farmers to leverage non-farm land for income generation. And since Jatropha oil is carbon-neutral, large-scale production will improve the country's carbon emissions profile. Finally, since no food producing farmland is required for producing this biofuel (unlike corn or sugar cane ethanol, or palm oil diesel), it is considered the most politically and morally acceptable choice among India's current biofuel options.