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The Jatropha industry is in a very early stage of development
Currently, no coherent overview of global activities in Jatrophaexists. For this first global market study, GEXSI interviewed more than 170 experts in 55 countries and collected 160 online questionnaires to create a first global inventory of Jatropha projects. The general result is that the Jatropha industry is still in a very early stage: Very few projects are more than two years old and hardly any project can demonstrate significant production of Jatropha oil yet.
Nevertheless, approximately 900,000 hectares of Jatropha have already been planted
Although the industry is in its early stages, we could identify 242 Jatropha projects, totalling approximately 900,000 hectares. More than 85% of the land cultivated is located in Asia. Africa counts for approximately 120,000 hectares followed by Latin America with approximately 20,000 hectares.
Jatropha will see enormous growth: 5 million hectares are expected by 2010
The number and size of Jatropha projects currently being developed is increasing sharply. This is the case in almost all regions of the world which are suitable for Jatropha cultivation. It is predicted that each year for the next 5-7 years approximately 1.5 to 2 million hectares of Jatropha will be planted. This will result in a total of approximately 5 million hectares by 2010 and approximately 13 million hectares by 2015.
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