A NETOWORK FOR JATROPHA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

1. Jatropha-curcas:
Innovative R&D project
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2. Business focus
Agronomy, Science Industry
Biovale Energia
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Sustainable plantation
Germoplasm collection
FMA : productivity and health
Jatropha detoxification
Mushroon production
Jatropha planting to crude oil
Planting, maintenance and
harvesting
Expelling and logistics
Crude oil sales
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3. Jatropha is an underutilized, oil-bearing crop.
It produces a seed that can be processed into non-polluting biodiesel
that, if well exploited, can provide opportunities for good returns
and rural development. That is the goal of BIOVALE NETWORK.
potential

4. potential
Agriculture
employs 1.3 billion
people, or 40
percent of the
global labour force,
Almost 2.5 billion people in developing countries earn their livelihoods
from agriculture. Of these, 900 million live below the poverty line.
global labour force,
yet agriculture only
contributes around
4 percent of global
GDP (some USD 1.6
trillion).
This underscores the
importance of
biofuels in
alleviating poverty.

5. potential
In 2008, jatropha was
planted on an estimated
900 000 ha globally –
760 000 ha (85 percent)
in Asia, followed by
Africa with 120 000 ha
and Latin America withand Latin America with
20 000 ha.
By 2015, forecasts
suggest that jatropha
will be planted on 12.8
million ha.
Brazil will be the largest
producer in Latin
America. (UN)

6. Documentation, preservation and characterization of J.
curcas and mycorrhizal fungi germplasm
Development of micropropagated plants inoculated of
ROC (Root Organ Culture) of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM)
fungi and their in vitro mass inoculum production
Biovale´s results
ROC (Root Organ Culture) of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM)
fungi and their in vitro mass inoculum production
Selection of jatropha genotypes with high oil yielding,
envisaging the biodiesel production
Toxicity elimination of the waste for livestock feed

7. A great deal to be achived
Many of the actual investments and policy decisions on
developing jatropha as an oil crop have been made without the backing
of sufficient science-based knowledge.
That is the
goal of
BIOVALE
NETOWORK:NETOWORK:
To gather
skills to turn
the jatropha
curcas
potential
into a
reality!