University of Hohenheim five scientific centres coordinate inter-disciplinary research and act as catalysts for inter-faculty research. One of them, the Centre for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics is the cross-sectional and cross-disciplinary centre that conducts research and teaching on development-oriented environmental, agricultural and food science programmes. Almost 100 active members from the University’s three faculties cover a wide range of rural development issues such as agricultural production, food security, rural sociology and economics and environmental conservation. The scientists of the Centre collaborate actively with more than 50 universities and research institutions in the developing countries as well as with a number of scientific centres in the industrialized countries. Various projects are carried out with a number of institutions of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Together they conduct research and training programmes in Africa, Latin America and Asia and contribute to development of innovative research areas and methodologies.

Speaker Profile
Harinder P.S. Makkar is presently International Project Coordinator of a Sino-German Project on ‘Fuel and Feed for Tomorrow’, which aims at enhancing economic viability and sustainability of Jatropha-based biofuel production systems by introducing innovative industrial and livestock production systems. He has been conducting research on Jatropha for the last 15 years. He has published over 200 research papers and 7 books, spread in the area of natural plant products and bioactive compounds and their interactions with livestock, soil, plant and environment. He obtained Masters Degree in Biochemistry from National Dairy Research Institute, India and PhD Degree in Agricultural Biochemistry from University of Nottingham, U.K. He has been recipient of Commonwealth and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowships, and was awarded Mercator Professorship in 2006. He has acted as expert consultant for FAO, IAEA and other international organizations. He has been honored with Honorary Professorship by Universities in China and Mongolia. He has also been awarded Mongolian Government Medal for contribution to science and technology. He has been a Fellow of a number of scientific societies.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Hamburg Speaker
Day 2 - Tuesday, October 21
10:05  COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TOXIC AND NON-TOXIC JATROPHA GENOTYPES

Overview of Presentation
The paper will present the synthesis of a number of studies on Jatropha in which the speaker has participated during the last 15 years. It would cover comparative aspects of toxic and non-toxic genotypes in context to chemical composition including oil, protein and amino acid composition, anti-nutrients and toxic factors and availability of nutrients to animals. A case would be made that the main toxic principle for Jatropha toxicity is phorbol esters and not curcin. The flow of phorbol esters in the Jatropha biodiesel production will be presented. The potential of seed meal from toxic and non-toxic genotypes as fish and animal feed and of oil and plant parts for generating other value-added products will be discussed.

JATROPHAWORLD 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Jatropha from a technological and socio-economic angle. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Hamburg from October 20 to 21, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.