BIOTINS
Close to 600 families, already working under Contract Farming, and is signing up another 400 for the current harvest, totaling an area of 1000 hectares already in Production, and increasing by another 800 hectares, by the end of 2009.
Current industrial capacity of 8.000 Tons/ year of B100, using modular Technology, and already purchased two more production Modules, which increases the Industrial Capacity to 24.000 Tons per year by the last quarter of 2009. The choice of this Modular concept is related to the fact that the yearly increases of the Jatropha plantation, can be matched by increased Industrial Capacity. In the current factory, which has been operating and delivering European Standard B100 for 8 months, the total capacity is 5 modules or 40.000 Tons per year.
SAUDIBRAS
The Agriculture arm of the business, was started in 1979, mainly for cattle production. In 1994, Grain (mainly rice), and Pineapple production for export were introduced. In 2005, a new crop “Jathropha” was introduced to the Agricultural operation and a new company, BioTins-Energia, was created for Biodiesel production.
Currently, Saudibras has 4.000 hectares planted in 3 diferent harvest seasons, in own land, and expects to harvest close to 3.000 Tons of seed in the first semester of this year alone.
Speaker Profile
Eduardo Bundyra graduated in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at King’s College, London and did a Postgraduate program in Finance and Marketing at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo.
He obtained industrial experience at BAT and Unilever. Thereafter, he was involved in the Advanced Technology Project Development at ENGESA (Brazilian Military Industry).
He founded the company Gryphonn Tecnologia which was specialized in Industrial Automation and Computer Aided Design. In 1993, he sold the company and moved to Family owned Business, Saudibras Agropecuária, with main business activities in Cattle, Grain and Fruit Production. In 2006, he founded BioTins-Energia for Biodiesel Production.
Overview of presentation
Topic: Commercial Jatropha Planting & Biodiesel Production in Brazil
The presentation will start with an overview of Brazilian Biodiesel Program, and the current
status of Jathropha in Brazil. It will follow with a description of the BioTins-Energia (Saudibras) plantation, which will include different planting techniques, evolution of the plants, measuring techniques, Manual harvest calculations and more important a description of the real costs of the crop obtained by our experience.
Topic: Family Agriculture and Contract Farming
The presentation will provide an overview of the Brazilian Agrarian reform program, and the numbers of Family Agriculture in the State of Tocantins. A description of how BioTins, obtained the support for Jatropha first from the State of Tocantins and then from Federal Technical bodies, as well as obtaining and helping format Long-Term financing for the crop. It will end with a description of how the BioTins contract works, the technical support that is available from the Company and from the State, and the forms of enforcing the performance of the Contract
JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
09:10 COMMERCIAL JATROPHA PLANTING & BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN BRAZIL
15:15 FAMILY AGRICULTURE & CONTRACT FARMING (BRAZIL CASE STUDY)
JATROPHAWORLD 2009 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Jatropha from a technological and socio-economic angle. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Kuala Lumpur from February 16 to 17, 2009, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/