Today, there are tremendous opportunities to integrate smallholder farmers into economic value chains which can generate additional revenues - beyond subsistence farming. Our focus is primarily on drought resistant energy crops (such as jatropha curcas) and essential oils (moringa oil, rose oil, tee-tree oil) These products make it possible to generate revenues in hard currency: jatropha oil is - even when sold on the domestic market - closely linked to the price of mineral diesel; essential oils are suited for export as they have significant value in relation to their volume.

	no displacement of food production
	no destruction of rainforests
	local economic development through sales of pure plant oil to fuel lamps, stoves, cars, trucks,
	boats or diesel generators on the domestic market (at least of a proportion of the total production)
	integration of independent smallholder farmers
	integrated pest control
	diversification through intercropping or alternative oil bearing energy crops where ever applicable

	Madagascar,
	Tanzania,
	Mozambique, and
	Zimbabwe

Currently we are considering jatropha projects in Cameroon, Namibia, Ghana, and Ethiopia.

In all locations our aim is to assist jatropha entrepreneurs in scaling up existing pilot regimes by providing access to agronomic and technical expertise, business planning support, and finance. In some cases we also assist in establishing contacts to potential buyers (e.g., to access the European market).

For further information refer to our jatropha work program see:
BiofuelJatropha_work programme2006-2008.pdf (240 KB)

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