Jatropha Business

How many ways are there to make Money out of Jatropha plant ?Bio-diesel - From the Business Point of View?

Bio fuel, "Diesel" from Jatropha has the ability to lift many people from poverty to financial independence, from despair to respect and unemployment to business owners.

BUSINESS OPPURTUNITIES

PLANTATION OF JATROPHA

Extraction Of Oil & VALUE ADDITION

PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL

You may go for plantation of jatropha, OR For oil extraction Or For production of biodiesel or for all
For plantation & cultivation you require land for seeds production
For oil extraction you require seeds for oil production
For biodiesel production you require oil for trans-esterification
To have a comprehensive jatropha business in your selected/ deginated area you
Need to cultivate at least 100 hectares land involving your fallow farmers
Need to set up a few oil extraction units
Need to set up a biodiesel production unit

In this way
Farmers
would earn from jatropha farming
Farm worker would have employment
Small rural enterprises would sell or purchase the seeds
Small scale industries grow for oil production
Diesel fuel production would further provide business opportunity
By products like press-cake would be traded by villagers
Energy employment and earnings would go together
The Cost
The cost of cultivation depends upon labor availability and comes around US $ 500 per hectare
The cost maintenance of plantation is around US $ 100per year per hectare
The cost of oil extraction roughly comes about US $ 0,12 / kg
The cost of Bio Diesel is largely dependent on the choice of feedstock and the size of the production facility.
The goal of SRIPHL, if Jatropha feedstock is used, the fuel will cost depending on the country approximately US $ 0,40 per liter plus tax when applicable.

CARBON- FINANCE:
The carbon dioxide absorption of 8 Kg. per tree per Year can be converted into Carbon Credit Certificates under the CDM Guidelines of the Kyoto Protocol und used for the development of Jatropha Plantations hence Renewable Energy.