International consultation on pro-poor Jatropha development

International consultation on pro-poor Jatropha development

10-11 April 2008 Rome - Italy

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Background papers

* Biofuel expansion: Challenges, risks and opportunities for rural poor people
* Proceedings and discussions at the roundtable on “Bio-fuels” at the Thirty-first Session of IFAD’s Governing Council, February 2008
* Agenda
* Bios of speakers and moderators

Presentations

Risks and rewards for small-scale producers

* Sustainable Use of Jatropha for Rural Development
Richard Burge, Director, Kimberley Burge

* Jatropha marketing and promotion
* Case study
Abiodun Olaniyi, President, Centre for Jatropha Promotions & Biofuels-Jakolgate International
* Improving plant performance
Janet E. Hawkes, Strategic Partner, RPM Ecosystems
* Pro-poor Jatropha investments: Problems and solutions
Andreas Renner, Director Development Investments, GEXSI - The Global Exchange for Social Investment

Country perspectives: Food and fuel development

Keynote Address: Perspective of Bioenergy and Jatropha in Latin America and the Caribbean
Christopher Hansen, Deputy Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture

* Perspective of bioenergy and Jatropha in Uganda
* Paper
William Kyamuhangire, Associate Professor, Department of Food and Technology, Makerere University
* Perspective of bioenergy and Jatropha in China
Heinz-Peter Mang, Bioenergy Advisor and Manager, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Beijing University of Science and Technology
* Bio-electricity in rural areas: Tanzania
Pierpaolo Garibaldi, Expert, Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea of Italy

Roundtable on financing Jatropha development

Private sector support to pro-poor Jatropha development

* Syngenta International AG,
Dilip Gokhale, Head of Bio-fuel Development

* Founder of D1 Oils,
Karl Watkin
* Cazenave and Associates
Antonio Tomás Parsons, Director, Agricultural Adviser, Manager and Producer

Multilateral perspectives

* Overview of International Financing Institutions Working on Bio-fuels: the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank
Judy Siegel, President, Energy and Security Group

Foundation perspectives

* Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Prabhu Pingali, Head, Agricultural Policy and Statistics Division
* Syngenta Foundation, Marco Ferroni, Executive Director

Policies and programs for Jatropha development for the rural poor

* Opportunities for smallholder farmers in developing countries
Daniel De La Torre Ugarte, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Agricultural Policy and Analysis Center, University of Tennessee

* Jatropha projects in Southern Africa
Annie Sugrue, Coordinator, Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability South Africa

* Lessons learned: A Brazilian programme for procuring feedstock from the smallholders
Edna de Cássia Carmélio, Bio-fuel Adviser, Brazil

* Experience with Jatropha in Peru and Honduras
Peter Thoenes, Economist, Trade and Markets Division, FAO

Summary of UNEP’s roundtable

* UNEP: Empowering rural communities by planting energy crops in developing regions
Martina Otto, Head, Policy Unit, Energy Branch - Division of Technology, Industry & Economics, UNEP

Breeding

* Keynote address: Towards the development of new Jatropha varieties: Molecular and biochemical analysis of toxic and non-toxic Lines
Ian Graham, Professor, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York

* Genetic markers for Jatropha biodiversity evaluation and breeding
Yan Hong, Director, Plant Biotechnology Group, Strategic Research Program, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory

* A system approach to identify desired crop traits for breeding of Jatropha curcas
* Claims and facts on Jatropha
R.E.E. (Raymond) Jongschaap, Researcher, Plant Research International, Wageningen University

Agronomy and improving output and production

* Technology interventions for increasing Jatropha yields
Vibha Dhawan, Vice Chancellor, Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), School of Advanced Studies

* Understanding the Jatropha system
* High yielding plants
Reinhard K. Henning, Consultant on Jatropha Curcas and other Biomass and Renewable Energy Technologies
* Pro-poor Biodiesel initiative for Rehabilitating Degraded Drylands
Suhas P. Wani, Principal Scientist, ICRISAT India

Post-harvest technologies, rural electrification and alternative by-products from Jatropha

* Experience in use of by-products in India with focus on rural electrification
Jai Uppal, Senior Adviser, Center for Alternate Energy Research (CAER)

* Alternative by-products from Jatropha
Frederique Rosa e Abreu, General Coordinator of Agroenergy, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil

Group discussion: Can we make Jatropha work for the poor?

* Jatropha breeding
* Jatropha agronomy
* Jatropha platform


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