A Fully Integrated Value Chain

SG Biofuels understands that success with Jatropha, as with other commercial agricultural row crops, requires that the complete value chain is addressed – from project financing to crop science, plantation development and management to harvesting and processing, and refining all the way through the ability to sell into an existing global market for crude Jatropha oil.

SG Biofuels Jatropha Business Ecosystem

The Jatropha industry and its growers have historically struggled due to gaps in the value chain. Proper domestication and crop improvement had not taken place. Best agronomic practices had not been established. Key downstream partners for processing and refining had not been secured. And most importantly, a pre-existing market to purchase production had not been established through critical off-take arrangements.

SG Biofuels has changed this with the Jatropha Business Ecosystem. The Ecosystem represents the convergence of leaders in science, energy and agriculture, comprising all aspects of the value

chain, collaborating to enable and benefit from a thriving global market for Jatropha. SG Biofuels has formed and leads this exclusive network with the goal to align the capabilities of industry leaders throughout the entire value chain with the needs and requirements of major purchasers of crude plant oil.

Members of the network, including SG Biofuels' customers and partners, benefit by gaining access to a qualified, credible and complete solution: project financing, the highest yielding Jatropha material in the world, agronomic best practices, sustainability certifications, and downstream expertise including oilseed crush facilities experts, multinational refining operators and biofuel distributors.

With the Jatropha Ecosystem, SG Biofuels closes the gaps in the Jatropha value chain, creating a pathway to success for growers and plantation developers while enabling the production of large volumes of low-cost crude plant oil to meet the growing needs of major global customers.