Project

Promotion of Jatropha Curcas as a Resource of Bioenergy in Burkina Faso

Lead country

Burkina Faso

Participating countries

Burkina Faso

Project status

Closure

Implementing period

From September 22, 2014 to December 31, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
  2. 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning

Project ID: 4227

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Technical team

  • Energy Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy access

Sub-area(s)

  • Resource: Diesel hybrid
  • Resource: Biomass
  • Electricity access

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Rural areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Energy
  • Oil, gas and fuels
  • Agriculture

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Optimising financing

Strategy

  • Governance
  • Finance economy
  • Capacity building

Sub-strategy

  • Institutional framework
  • Partnerships
  • Energy finance
  • Technical capacity building
  • Community capacity building
  • Research

Social inclusion

  • Smallholder farmers
  • Private sector
  • Women

Gender equality

  • Women's access to and control over resources
  • Women's cooperatives and groups

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender responsive

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • People pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation

SDG target(s)

  • 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
  • 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Capital providers

Hot topic

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy
  • Poverty reduction

About this project

Description

The project aims to validate the potential of Greenhouse Gas reduction through the promotion of Jatropha Curcas oil as a substitute to Diesel in Burkina-Faso.

Objectives

Develop the potential of Greenhouse Gas reduction through the promotion of Jatropha oil as a substitute to Diesel in Burkina-Faso.

USD $1,363,636

Grant amount

USD $15,050,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($1,363,636)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Burkina Faso

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Establishment of a strategy and framework for the development of Jatropha oil as a sustainable agrofuel

 Indicators:

Cumulative power generation using Jatropha oil as fuel y by EOP, MWh
Hectares of Jatropha plantations realized by EOP
Number of mills operated by rural artisans or farmers' organizations by EOP
Annual production of Jatropha oil starting Year 4, liters
Cumulative power generation from Jatropha oil-fired power generation units by EOP, MWh
No. of installed and operational Jatropha oil production units by EOP
No. of Jatropha oil fired transport vehicles by EOP
Volume of private investment in production and processing of Jatropha by Year 4, US$ million
Volume of investments in the production and processing of Jatropha realized through partnerships with rural producers by Year 4
Volume of social investments realized by private promoters in the industry by Year 4, US$ million
No .of technical problems that were resolved annually from results of enhanced R&D work on Jatropha oil production starting Year 3
No. of Jatropha sector stakeholders developing and/or managing Jatropha oil production units by EOP
No. of village-owned Jatropha plantations by EOP
Volume of financing mobilized from micro-finance institutions for Jatropha oil production units by EOP, US$ million
% increase of agrofuels in the national RE consumption by EOP
Volume of Jatropha oil in the agrofuel market by EOP, liters
Outcome 2:

Increased private investments on agrofuel production and applications
Outcome 3:

Increased plantations of jatropha and installations of jatropha oil production units.
Outcome 4:

Increased number of rural organizations-owned Jatropha Oil production facilities
Outcome 5:

Jatropha oil is regarded by the public as a high-quality national energy resource and a feasible and affordable alternative to diesel or petrol products
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