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Castor seeds for Africa and Brazil

Posted on March 11, 2024

Casterra (see here previously) a subsidiary of Israel’s Evogen, has signed strategic agreements with existing and new seed producers in Brazil and Africa to increase its production of high-yielding, high-oil castor seeds.  Casterra’s seeds are a vital source of biofuels … Continue reading →

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Commercializing biofuel from castor beans

Posted on February 27, 2023

Israel’s Casterra, a subsidiary of Israel’s Evogene (see here previously), is partnering with a major energy company to cultivate its unique Israeli castor varieties at commercial scale. The aim is for these to provide the basis for a new biofuel … Continue reading →

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Fuel from castor bean seeds

Posted on September 22, 2013

Israel’s Evogene has successfully completed three years of field trials in Brazil to develop castor beans into bio-diesel and other industrial uses. The crop is sown after the soybean harvest, when rainfall is insufficient for other crops. It provides farmers … Continue reading →

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Israel and Brazil expand biofuel collaboration

Posted on December 18, 2011

Israel’s Evogene and Brazil’s SLC Agricola are focused on developing advanced castor seed displaying high oil yield under rain-fed conditions and suitable for sustainable and commercial production in Brazil. Bio-diesel produced from the Evogene’s castor varieties will cost around $50 … Continue reading →

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