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Giovanni Venturini del Greco Business Development Manager giovannivdg@agroils

Growing Jatropha: humid countries Vs. arid countries . First results from : Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco , Senegal And Introduction to :. Giovanni Venturini del Greco Business Development Manager giovannivdg@agroils.com. Outline. Hamburg – 21/09/08. 1 Agroils’ JV projects:

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Giovanni Venturini del Greco Business Development Manager giovannivdg@agroils

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  1. Growing Jatropha: humidcountries Vs. aridcountries . First resultsfrom: Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal And Introductionto: Giovanni Venturini del Greco Business Development Manager giovannivdg@agroils.com

  2. Outline Hamburg – 21/09/08 1 Agroils’ JV projects: • Morocco • Senegal • Ghana • Cameroon • Comparison 2 Introduction to “Jatrophabook” • Background • Mission • Web features

  3. The Company Hamburg – 21/09/08 • Formed in 2006 with a focus on Jatropha cultivation and energy/biodiesel production. • It has worked in 15 countries. • Started 30 pilot plantations (each max 50 hectares). • Agro-engineering approach. • Development of Jatropha seedbank. • Collaboration with numerous research institutes. • Development of 5 local Joint Ventures.

  4. Morocco Hamburg – 21/09/08 Location: Tata, Morocco Company: Agroils Maroc Sarl Objectives • Climatic adaptation and genetic improvement of Jatropha in arid areas • Improvement of mechanization • Rational irrigation • Afforestation and electricity generation from solid biomass • Employment generation in depressed areas Current status • Cultivationof 5 hectares (dripirrigation) • Accessionscultivated: SURINAME, BRASIL, CAMEROON, TOGO, INDIA, CINA. • Spacing: 2x4 m

  5. Morocco Hamburg – 21/09/08

  6. Morocco Hamburg – 21/09/08

  7. Morocco Hamburg – 21/09/08

  8. Morocco Hamburg – 21/09/08

  9. Morocco Hamburg – 21/09/08

  10. Senegal Hamburg – 21/09/08 Location: Beude-Dieng Company: SBE Senegal Sarl Objectives: • Climatic adaptation and genetic improvement of Jatropha in arid areas • Rational irrigation • Employment generation in depressed areas • Integration of biofuel production within existing food production • Promotion of appropriate project scale Current status • Cultivationof 60 ha (dripirrigation) • Accessionscultivated: CINA, INDIA, MADAGASCAR, MOZAMBIQUE, SENEGAL, BRASIL (paranà, matogrosso). • Spacing: 2x4 m • Intercropping: pasteque, niebé and karité

  11. Senegal Hamburg – 21/09/08

  12. Senegal Hamburg – 21/09/08

  13. Senegal Hamburg – 21/09/08

  14. Senegal Hamburg – 21/09/08

  15. Senegal Hamburg – 21/09/08

  16. Senegal Hamburg – 21/09/08

  17. Ghana Hamburg – 21/09/08 Location: Nkoranza, Brong-Ahafo region Company: Smart Oil ltd. Objectives: • Production of Jatropha oil for exportation • Employment generation in depressed areas • Housing project development • Integration of biofuel production within existing food production Current status • Cultivation of 50 ha • Accessions cultivated: NORD BRASIL, TOGO, CENTRAL BRASIL, CAMBODIA, GHANA. • Spacing: 4x2 and 8x2m en quinconce • Intercropping: sesame, beans, water-melon

  18. Ghana Hamburg – 21/09/08

  19. Ghana Hamburg – 21/09/08

  20. Ghana Hamburg – 21/09/08

  21. Camerun Hamburg – 21/09/08 Location: Nguila, Mbam et Kim (Haute Sanaga) Company: Venture Energy Sarl Objectives: • Production of Jatropha oil for exportation • Employment generation in depressedareas • Integrationof biofuel production withinexistingfood production Current status • Cultivationof 50 ha • Spacing (2 x 4 m) • Accessionscultivated: CAMEROON, GHANA, TOGO, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, SVB BRASIL, MATO GROSSO BRASIL, NORTE MINAS BRASIL. • Side-cropping: maize

  22. Camerun Hamburg – 21/09/08

  23. Camerun Hamburg – 21/09/08

  24. Camerun Hamburg – 21/09/08

  25. Camerun Hamburg – 21/09/08

  26. Camerun Hamburg – 21/09/08

  27. Camerun Hamburg – 21/09/08

  28. Climatecomparison Hamburg – 21/09/08 • Mapof dry months (interpolationof public FAO Climwat data) • Providesindicationsregarding the needofirrigation • Available on Jatrophabook

  29. Comparison Hamburg – 21/09/08

  30. Hamburg – 21/09/08

  31. Outline Hamburg – 21/09/08 1 Agroils’ JV projects: • Morocco • Senegal • Ghana • Cameroon • Comparison 2Introduction to “Jatrophabook” • Background • Mission • Web features

  32. Background Hamburg – 21/09/08 • Currently more than one million hectares of Jatropha have already been planted and forecasts estimate a development of 5 million hectares by 2010, mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America. (source GEXSI) • This tremendous growth may have important benefits to employment and environment but, at the same time, it may put at serious risk the sustainable development of the sector. • The youth of the Jatropha sector and Web diffusion provide Us with a unique opportunity: to differentiate the development of the sector from the “business-as-usual” model by adopting since the beginning a “win-win” approach and transparent communication.

  33. Objectives Hamburg – 21/09/08 Jatrophabook’s objectives are: • To create a global and open Jatropha Web-based platform for the promotion of sustainable Jatropha chains; • To facilitate the definition of sustainable criteria adherent to local needs; • To offer a transparent platform for the implementation of the Jatropha supply chain traceability. For this reason, a group of companies and Institutions have decided to start ”Jatrophabook”.

  34. Web features Hamburg – 21/09/08 Registered members will be able to: • Open a personal account and edit a profile • Join the Jatropha community and communicate with other registered members • Access to Projects’ public pages and make comments • Register their project and describe it in a personal space with the use of multimedia tools (pictures, videos..) Registered projects will be able to: • Link to other projects and form a “Jatropha supply chain”. • Complete the seeds-to-energy/biofuel chain by inviting end-users.

  35. Hamburg – 21/09/08

  36. SUSTAINABILITY CYCLE Hamburg – 21/09/08 Supply chains Scientific committee Information Guidelines Community • Discussion topics • Positive energy balance • GHG neutral • Rational land use change • Food security • Appropriate projects scale • Biodiversity protection

  37. JATROPHABOOK IS ONLINE FROM NOW…LET’S START! Hamburg – 21/09/08

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