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Jatropha oil production is an agro-industry in the initial stages of development. It is therefore important that a good understanding is developed regarding the proper harvesting of fruits and the post-harvest handling of the fruits and seeds to ensure high quality of the oil and other by-products produced from them. The article summarizes the critical properties of jatropha seeds and oil that would be important considerations when processing them into commercial products. The important properties of the seed cake and seed kernel meal and their utilization perspectives as fertilizers, biogas feedstock and animal feed ingredient are also discussed.
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Francis, G. (2012). Jatropha Seeds Oil and Products: Important Properties with Respect to Uses. In: Carels, N., Sujatha, M., Bahadur, B. (eds) Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4806-8_18
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