• Increase plant yields under challenging cultivation conditions
• Development of edible jatropha into a viable oil and protein crop
• Seeds with high oil and protein contents
• Resistance to diseases
• Seed processing techniques to deliver the products – mainly oil and defatted kernel powder

Highlights:

Developed high yielding seeds of edible and non-edible jatropha varieties

• F1 Hybrid and synthetic seeds of the non-edible variety
• High performance elite cultivar and synthetic seed of the edible variety under the brand name Xuta^TM
• Pioneering the introduction of Xuta as a viable protein and oil crop for challenged areas
• Scalable F1 hybrid production systems using pistillate mother plants
• Identification of a genetic marker for distinguishing the edible jatropha from non-edible in collaboration with university and private partners
• Identification of accession specific genetic markers for the elite cultivars in collaboration with partners

Developed high yielding seeds of Moringa oleifera of leaf, pod and mixed varieties

• Detailed elite cultivar profiling and yield trials completed
• Production facilities for seed production established