biofuels and rural development
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
School of Earth and EnvironmentSUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Biofuels and Rural Development; thecase of Jatropha curcas in Malawi
Jen Dyer
GED Research seminar Series
2nd March 2011
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• Global biofuel cultivation
•J. curcas as a biofuel
•J. curcas in Malawi
Research context
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Research Aim
To assess the potential of Jatropha curcas cultivationto contribute towards livelihood sustainability at thehousehold and village scale in rural areas of Malawi
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Stakeholder identification
Janeemo
EnvironmentAfrica
BERL Demeter Farm
Traditionalauthorities
NASFAM
TNT D1 Oils
Ministry ofAgriculture andFood Security
Ministry of NaturalResources, Energy
and the Environment
Dept. of Forestry
Regional forestryoffice
District forestoffice
Small scalefarmers
Forestryextension officers Agricultural
extensiondevelopment
officersAgriculturalextension
planning area Academics
International fundingbodies e.g. EU, Macauly
Institute
Toleza Farm
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Demeter2 villages; Mitzikidzi andChilimba
Toleza
2 villages; Kalamboand Odilo
Janeemo2 villages; Janaand Samu
Research design and methods
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Rural development opportunities?
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Jatropha vs. maize?
‘Maize? That’s life! You have to have nsima ’
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Jatropha vs. cotton?
‘[I] would like to give up growing cotton as
the market prices are too erratic but I
won’t ever give up maize’
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Jatropha vs. piecework?
‘If we could sell lots of [Jatropha], we could stop
doing piecework… we still hate having to work really
hard on someone else’s garden and then be too tired
to work on our own.’
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Adoption levels
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Mitzikidzi Chilimba Kalambo Odilo Jana Samu
% households in case study villages who are familiar with, andwho are cultivating, Jatropha
Familiar with Jatropha
Cultivating Jatropha
Demeter Toleza Janeemo
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Innovation Decision Process - Jana
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Innovation Decision Process - Chilimba
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Stakeholder analysis
Janeemo
EnvironmentAfrica
BERL Demeter Farm
Traditionalauthorities
NASFAM
TNT D1 Oils
Ministry ofAgriculture andFood Security
Ministry of NaturalResources, Energy
and the Environment
Dept. of Forestry
Regional forestryoffice
District forestoffice
Small scalefarmers
Forestryextension officers Agricultural
extensiondevelopment
officersAgriculturalextension
planning area Academics
International fundingbodies e.g. EU, Macauley
Institute
Toleza Farm
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Towards rural development
•Large scale cultivation – proceed with caution!
•Small-scale initiatives
•Jatropha has potential to contribute to ruraldevelopment
• No evidence of risk to food security at small-scale
•Array of factors impacting adoption levels
• Institutional support and communication betweenstakeholders key
•Relevant and coherent policy a priority
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Thank you!
Adapted from a short communication:
Jatropha curcas: sowing local seeds of success in Malawi.
J. C Dyer, L.C Stringer and A. J Dougill (under review )
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Stakeholder identification
NGOs Government Farmers Fundingbodies
PSEs Others
Janeemo Ministry ofAgriculture
and FoodSecurity
Smallholderfarmers
EU DemeterFarm
Academics
EnvironmentAfrica
Ministry ofMines,NaturalResourcesand Energy
Village chief MacaulayInstitute
Toleza Farm NASFAM
Department ofForestry
Group villagehead
TNT BERL
Traditional
authority
D1 Oils
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Impacts on livelihood sustainability