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Wide scale use of fossil fuels in agriculture, transportation, industries and other sectors are not only creating global environmental problems but are also depleting natural resources of energy. In recent years, the value of using environment friendly, as well as, renewable fuels is gaining worldwide attention. Biofuel or bio energy is currently considered as a renewable energy source exhibiting significant growth potential. It contains energy from plants and microalgae. Jatropha Curcas (JC) is one of those popular plants that have energy potential. Its seeds contain around 35- 45 percentage of oil that can be used as biodiesel. This plant can grow easily and does not require very favorable weather and soil conditions. In this study, geospatial techniques were employed to identify suitable land for JC plantation. Landsat satellite Operational Land Imager (OLI) sensor imageries and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) were used. Important research parameters, either derived from satellite data or gathered from other sources included bare land, temperature, relative humidity (R. Humidity), rainfall, soil type, land surface elevation and slope. Information regarding bare land, elevation and slope of the area were obtained through satellite image processing. Weather and climate related data were acquired from National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). The overall goal of this study was to evaluate and propose potential sites suitable for Jatropha C. plantation with required climatic, soil type and terrain parameters using geospatial technologies (remote sensing and geographical information system). Thatta tehsil can be divided into 3 classes of suitability for Jatropha C. plantation; Most Suitable, Moderate Suitable and Less Suitable. The areas under each category are 1,020.64, 767.58 and 16.34 square kilometers respectively.

Muhammad Arslan, Arjumand Z. Zaidi, Saad Malik. (2015) Identification of Suitable Sites for Plantation of Biofuel Source Jatropha C. using Geospatial Techniques, Journal of Space Technology , Volume 5, Issue 1.
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