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The Castor Bean Brazilian Project:
Challenges and Opportunities
Aldara CésarPhD. Student
Federal University of São Carlos
Production Engineer Department
Agro Industry Research Study Group
PNPB: National Program for the
Production and Use of BiodieselE
con
om
y
So
cial
En
vir
on
men
t
Technology Base
Soc
ial
incl
usi
on
Advantages
Tributary exemption
Participating in auctions
Helping to qualify for public bank loans
Marketing tool
Requirements
Buying a minimum percentage of raw
material from small farms
Technical assistance
Social Fuel Seal
Producers’
associations and
cooperatives
Producers’
associations and
cooperatives
Biodiesel plants
representatives
Biodiesel plants
representatives
Biodiesel
production
mills
Biodiesel
production
mills
Small
Farmers
Small
Farmers
At Present:
Ricinus chemistry
mills
Ricinus chemistry
mills
2007 2008 2009 2010*
Estimative
6.850 17.187 17.711 55.000
Fonte SAF/MD (2010)
Number of small farmers involved in castor bean projects
Why Castor Bean
(Ricinus communis) ?
Technology
Constraints: Farm Level
Knowledge
Financing
Low investiment and easy technical adaptation
Strongly influenced by cultural factors
Simple
Workload
Residue use competition
Constraints: Farm Level
Constraints: Coordination
Small
Farmers
Small
FarmersChemical
Ricinus Industry
Chemical
Ricinus Industrybrokersbrokers
Credit /Tust
Access to Markets
Technical support
Access to information
Constraints: Beyond farm level
Companies must ensure the purchase of castor beans
NI establish150 farms
Access made by the visit of the technician.
Policies
PoliticsImage of previous cooperatives
Access to credit Lack of payment of previous loans
PRONAF
Constraints: Beyond farm level
Bureaucratic problems
�low productivity;
� highly irregular seasonality;
� inefficient technical assistance;
� strong influence of brokers in the chain;
� inexperienced associations;
� high debts of farmers;
� difficulties in obtaining credit
Major problems that stand in the
way of the development of the
biodiesel projects are:
Proposals/ Solutions
Techical Assistance
-Overcome the limitation of
soil conditions.
-Help develop trust
relationship
High transaction costs
- Investment and training of
community leaders
Credit policy limitations.
Create opportunities for credit
accompanied by technical
assistance focused on the
efficient management of the
property.
To ensure satisfactory technical
assistance thus building up the
farmer’s trust in relation to the
biodiesel industry.
Eliminating the presence
of brokers
SCALE-UP
Encouraging companies to pay for
higher-quality and uniformity of
castor beans and pay for beans
produced in social arrangements.
Policy incentives
