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Global Market View on Jatropha
Recent studies show a potential of approximately 30 million hectares of land on which Jatropha could be grown, especially in South America, Africa and in Asian countries such as China, India or Indonesia.
Global Yield Map
Imperium Renewables, biodiesel manufacturing and refining technology producer, commissioned an extensive GIS analysis of the global potential for Jatropha plantations given stringent land use and sustainability requirements. This mapping projects over 800 million hectares of sustainable, non-forested, non-food land are suitable for Jatropha plantations, worldwide. This number will certainly come down as land is examined on a case-by-case basis, but it demonstrates the potential to produce tens of billions of gallons of sustainable Jatropha oil.
In the chart below, one can see the areas worldwide with potential for Jatropha cultivation. These areas are also categorized based on the productivity.
Source: http://www.rrbconference.com/bestanden/downloads/125.pdf
Global Commercial Projects of Jatropha
The Jatropha industry is in its very early stages, covering a global area estimated at some 900 000 ha. More than 85 percent of Jatropha plantings are in Asia, chiefly Myanmar, India, China and Indonesia. Africa accounts for around 12 percent or approximately 120 000 ha, mostly in Madagascar and Zambia, but also in Tanzania and Mozambique. Latin America has approximately 20 000 ha of Jatropha, mostly in Brazil. The area planted to Jatropha is projected to grow to 4.72 million ha by 2010 and 12.8 million ha by 2015. By then, Indonesia is expected to be the largest producer in Asia with 5.2 million ha, Ghana and Madagascar together will have the largest area in Africa with 1.1 million ha, and Brazil is projected to be the largest producer in Latin America with 1.3 million ha (adapted from FAO, 2010)
Development of Jatropha Schemes by 2013
According to GEXSI’s global market study on Jatropha, South-East Asia has a higher than average proportion (> 45% of used land) of large scale Jatropha operations (> 5 ha), especially in the Philippines, China, Indonesia and Malaysia. This trend will become more dominant in the future. More than 60% of areas in Asia are expected to be large scale operations by 2013. In India, on the other hand, Jatropha cultivation takes place on a very small scale. This will prevail in the future (only appr. 25% of areas for large scale projects in 2013) and may be due to the Indian government strongly supporting small scale schemes. Africa and Latin America will develop similarly to the global averages, with a high percentage of very large projects predicted in Ghana and Brazil by 2013.
Source: GEXSI, 2008
Reference:
http://www.bayercropscience.com/BCSWeb/CropProtection.nsf/id/20080109_EN
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