Jatropha Plantation Other Uses

Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits from the Jatropha Plantation

1. Job Creation
2. The harvesting of physic nuts or fruits from the tree is done every month, throughout the year and for over the forty years of the fruits bearing life of the tree.
3. It has been estimated that one able bodied young manor woman will harvest about 1 hectare jatropha farm per month.
4. After harvesting the dry nuts are sent to the purchasing centre for sales where purchasing clerks are to be engaged to do the job.
5. Then the carting of the nuts from the purchasing centers to the processing factory requires massive logistical activities that will involve a lot of labour.
6. The processing factory will also need to engage machine operators and other various skilled personnel.
7. After processing the nuts into finished products, there also need to be conveyed to distribution and marketing centers.
8. The value chain job creation is therefore very massive.
9. For one million hectare jatropha plantation project, it is estimated that direct employment generation will be over 1 million working people.

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