Biodiesel in India: value chain organisation and policy options for rural development

The German Development Institute (DIE) is a multidisciplinary research, consultancy and training institute for Germany's bilateral and for multilateral development cooperation. On the basis of independent research, it acts as consultant to public institutions in Germany and abroad on current issues of cooperation between developed and developing countries. Through its 9-months training course, the German Development Institute prepares German and European university graduates for a career in the field of development policy. Acknowledgements With a view to contributing to the ongoing discussion on biofuels in India, the German Development Institute, as part of its postgraduate training programme, prepared this report on Biodiesel in India: Value chain organisation and policy options for rural development. a team of six researchers carried out a desk study in Germany, followed by eleven weeks of field research in India in Febru-ary–April 2008. We conducted interviews with about 100 biodiesel stake-holders from the Federal and State Governments, the business and farmer communities, civil society, and the academia. Our team wants to thank all the interview partners for their valuable inputs , their patience and their hospitality. We owe our thanks to many individuals and institutions, both in India and Germany. In all the Indian States that we have visited we have greatly benefited from extraordinary support and willingness to contribute to our study. However, we would like to give our special thanks to Jai Uppal and Y.B. Ramakrishna who devoted much time and effort to this study and supported our team as professional advisers and personal friends. We also very much appreciate the great help and support both in understanding the Indian biodiesel field and in logistic issues provided by GTZ India, especially by Dr. At the German Development Institute, we received very helpful critical comments from several of our colleagues, especially from Steffen Bauer, who accompanied the project throughout the whole process.

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