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    Jatropha curcas cultivation could contribute towards livelihood sustainability at the household and village scale in rural areas of Malawi. '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 our own'

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    Environment School of Earth and Environment

    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

    Biofuels and Rural Development; the case of Jatropha curcas in Malawi

    Jen Dyer GED Research seminar Series 2nd March 2011

    School of Earth and Environment Research context


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    Global biofuel cultivation J. curcas as a biofuel


    J. curcas in Malawi

    Research Aim School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    To assess the potential of Jatropha curcas cultivation to contribute towards livelihood sustainability at the household and village scale in rural areas of Malawi

    Stakeholder identification School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
    International funding bodies e.g. EU, Macauly Institute

    TNT

    D1 Oils

    Traditional authorities Janeemo Small scale farmers Forestry extension officers

    Environment Africa BERL Demeter Farm

    District forest office Regional forestry office


    Dept. of Forestry

    Agricultural extension development officers

    Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

    Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment

    Agricultural extension planning area

    Academics

    Toleza Farm

    NASFAM

    Research design and methods School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    Demeter 2 villages; Mitzikidzi and Chilimba

    Toleza 2 villages; Kalambo and Odilo

    Janeemo 2 villages; Jana and Samu

    Ruralofdevelopment opportunities? School Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    Jatropha vs. maize? School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    Maize? Thats life! You have to have nsima

    Jatropha vs. cotton? School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    [I] would like to give up growing cotton as the market prices are too erratic but I wont ever give up maize

    Jatropha vs. piecework? School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    If we could sell lots of [Jatropha], we could stop doing piecework we still hate having to work really hard on someone elses garden and then be too tired to work on our own.

    Adoption levels School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    % households in case study villages who are familiar with, and who are cultivating, Jatropha
    100

    90 80
    70 60 50 40 30 Familiar with Jatropha Cultivating Jatropha

    20 10
    0

    Mitzikidzi Chilimba Kalambo

    Odilo

    Jana

    Samu

    Demeter

    Toleza

    Janeemo

    Innovation Decision Process - Jana School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    Innovation Decision Process - Chilimba School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    Stakeholder analysis School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
    International funding bodies e.g. EU, Macauley Institute

    TNT

    D1 Oils

    Traditional authorities Janeemo Small scale farmers Forestry extension officers

    Environment Africa BERL Demeter Farm

    District forest office Regional forestry office


    Dept. of Forestry

    Agricultural extension development officers

    Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

    Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment

    Agricultural extension planning area

    Academics

    Toleza Farm

    NASFAM

    Towards ruralEnvironment School of Earth and development


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    Large scale cultivation proceed with caution!

    Small-scale initiatives
    Jatropha has potential to contribute to rural development

    No evidence of risk to food security at small-scale Array of factors impacting adoption levels Institutional support and communication between stakeholders key

    Relevant and coherent policy a priority

    Thank you! School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    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)

    j.dyer@leeds.ac.uk

    Stakeholder identification School of Earth and Environment


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

    NGOs

    Government

    Farmers

    Funding bodies

    PSEs

    Others

    Janeemo

    Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

    Smallholder farmers

    EU

    Demeter Farm

    Academics

    Environment Ministry of Africa Mines, Natural Resources and Energy

    Village chief

    Macaulay Institute

    Toleza Farm

    NASFAM

    Department of Group village Forestry head


    Traditional authority

    TNT
    D1 Oils

    BERL

    Impacts on and Environment School of Earth livelihood sustainability


    FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

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