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  • Does Indonesia support Jatropha cultivation?
  • Those narratives include one specifically Indonesian argument for supporting Jatropha cultivation appealing to the collective memory about Jatropha during the Japanese occupation period in Indonesia.
  • Is Jatropha a bioenergy crop?
  • In turn, process technology researchers used these extrapolations to create a narrative that made jatropha appear to be an attractive and environmentally friendly bioenergy crop for agro-ecological zones where oil palm production would not be possible or profitable.
  • What do Indonesians know about the jatropha tree?
  • Although very few Indonesians knew about the Jatropha tree, many people retain a strong collective memory of the name Jarak, which was associated with the Japanese occupation of Indonesia between 1942 and 1945 [23, 25, 26, 27]. Many Indonesians still remember how the Japanese rulers forced the native people to grow Jarak and collect the seed .
  • Is Jatropha curcas native to Indonesia?
  • Jatropha curcas L., which is called jarak pagar in Indonesia, is not native to the country. Portuguese traders helped to spread the plant from its native range in Central America to Africa, then later to Asia including Indonesia around the 17th and 18th centuries .
  • How far did jatropha oil drive from Atambua to Jakarta?
  • In this expedition, three cars fueled with Jatropha oil drove from Atambua in the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, a total distance of 3200 kilometers.
  • Where are Jatropha plants grown?
  • The report indicated that 80% of global Jatropha production was located in Asia, with rapid development in several countries, including Indonesia. The report estimated Jatropha plantations in Indonesia would grow rapidly from approximately 75,000 hectares in 2008 to approximately 5.2 million hectares in 2015.