Lessons Learned: Jatropha for local development

This document gives a summary of lessons learned from the first three Jatropha pilot projects from FACT, which took place in Mali, Mozambique and Honduras, from 2007-2009 (with Mozambique being until 2010).
The findings presented here are the main findings from many experiments, tests and observations carried out in the field by the three projects. This document is complementary to other documents published by FACT, including the FACT Jatropha Handbook, 2nd edition 2009, and the End reports of the three pilot projects.

The three pilot projects focused on production of biofuels by poor and subsistence farmers to increase their income and to substitute fossil fuel used locally with biofuel, in contrast to large scale commercial plantations focused on export markets which have been the goal of other projects. The study “Jatropha Assessment” by Agentshap NL gives information on this latter type of projects, in addition to those with a target group similar to that of the FACT projects.