The East African reports that Uganda’s National Forestry Research Institute has embarked on a project to test the viability of biodiesel from jatropha. According to senior researcher Peter Kiwuso, they planted jatropha three months ago, and from it they will find out how long it takes to seed, the quantity and quality of the seeds and the diesel and how much a farmer and a processor can earn from jatropha.
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(The success of the biodiesel fuel industry relies heavily on biodiesel testing, not only at the production level but at the consumer level, where degraded fuel may cause engine failures. Fleet Biodiesel's family of inexpensive biodiesel test kits is just a click away on the internet)
