Castor Bean Plantation Seeds

The oil extracted from the castor bean (ricinus communis) already has a growing international market, assured by more than **0 uses, ranging from medicines and cosmetics to substituting petroleum in the manufacturing of Biodiesel, plastics and lubricants. Each hectare of castor oil bean plants planted in arid and semi arid regions produces ******0 kg of oil per hectare. Ricinus communisL. oil is critical to many industrial applications because of its unique ability to withstand high and low temperatures Compared with food crops, the castor-oil plant is an economic crop, Castor Bean has been widely accepted as an agricultural solution for all subtropical and tropical locations that addresses the need for commercial crops with low impute costs and at the same time provides traditional farming with a viable income from current non productive lands. Castor Bean does not compete with food crops, as Castor Bean can be grown on marginal lands, which are not competitive with food production lands. India is the most yield country of Castor-oil plant seed, the next is China Brazil and Thailand.

Given the widespread presence and ease of cultivation of the castor oil plant it could be cultivated in conjunction with subsistence agriculture programs as a potential oilseed feedstock for biodiesel CJP has honor to establish this untapped resource as alternative source for Bio- Diesel industry of future.