One of the major challenges of the National Biofuel Policy in India is to achieve a target of 20% blending of biodiesel by 2017. This demands expansion of area under jatropha plantation, as jatropha is the major source of biodiesel in India. Under this background, present paper makes an attempt...

The influence of factors on farmers' adoption of slash and burn agriculture in North East India are analysed in this paper. The practice possesses a significant ecological threat to the society and is acute in the hilly areas of North East India. In 2005–06, the area under such practice in...