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From 6,250 with exit strategy

Overview

Agroforestry Leases are a development on the Green Oil Lease in that the newoil and energy crops for which we have the genetics and supporting research canbe applied in exactly the same format as the Green Oil Lease into a defined areato produce more oil and energy produce which results in better returns.

Description

Agroforestry Leases are areas of land which are based on a volume of jatrophaplanted on them in broadacre format (plantation). The trees are planted at 2,500equivalent trees per hectare as standard with the tree volume driving the leasesize, not the land area (topography for instance will affect tree spacing as willwater courses). However, CCF or appointed plantation managers will utilisesweet sorghum, pongamia, oil palm (ethically and sustainably farmed) or other oilbearing crops which will have a better return for the Agroforestry Lease owner.

Land title security is through Citadel Trustees or fund appointed land trusteesacting for the fund custodians.

Seed and genetics source

Although based on jatropha curcas linn, the sweet sorghum, and oil palmgenetics which come through our clients structured research and developmentprogramme in Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines. Pongamia comesthrough a commercial partner and cloning experts in Australia. The seeds arematured through our Nursery operations in country which include inoculation,quality controls and strict fertilisation regimes.

Life cycle and yields

Jatropha has a three to four month nursery period before planting out. Dependingon the season, flowers can begin to be seen at month seven with fruit beginningvery shortly afterwards. Within 12 months of being in the ground, the jatrophatree can be in commercial production with good yields by year three andmaturing yields by year four to five. The tree can grow on average for 50 years ormore with exceptional cases being over 100 years old.

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Sweet sorghum initially has a four month growth period when it is topped for thegrain harvest. One month later, the main cane is harvested for jaggery (highglucose liquid) and biomass. The crop will grow again two more times withoutreplanting when it should be rotated with a nitrate fixing crop. Yields include 10tonnes of grain, 10 tonnes of jaggery and 30 tonnes of biomass per hectare peryear annualised over a two year growing cycle with three harvests.

Pongamia takes approximately eight months in the nursery phase before plantingout. The tree quickly establishes with the main root system developing as much

as 10 metres. By year five oil production begins with consistent tree productionannually being 32 kg per tree with 200 trees per hectare.

This equates to about 6.4 tonnes of oil per year.

Oil palm takes about 36 months to get to yields which steadily increase over thenext two years to a mature and consistent volume of about 6.5 tonnes of oil perhectare based on 137 trees per hectare. A large volume of biomass is alsoproduced.

Note: Oil palm is not a cause of deforestation, the farmers and companies behind

them are. Oil palm has a significant role for energy and food within the newglobal green oil economy if done ethically and sustainably.

Financial information

Volume of trees 2,500(Based on jatropha as a baseline crop)

Cost per hectare Green Oil Lease 3,125

Lease term 45 years

Forecasted revenues net to Green Oil Lease owner annually

Year 1 (assured) 5% 312.50Year 2 (assured) 12% 750Year 3 onwards (variable) around 20% 1250

*dependent on operator chosen

* Returns and guarantees do vary between rental and management companies.