UBA Investment Services

Business Plans/Models

business_plan Clearly, the most difficut aspect of a new business venture, in a new industry such as Biofuel, is actually acquiring real data nesessary for a comphrehensive business plan.

UBA has developed Business Plan Models based on real data, acquired through its extensive experience in creating, what is now the most advanced R&D plantation in Central and North America.

As the most mature Mono-plantation, UBA has astablished the strategies, methods and techniques and hard data on development, production and ROI metrics.

We have Business Models on all aspects of Biofuel development, including:

  • Land Aquisition
  • Land Preparation
  • Irrigation Methods and Technologies
  • Nurseries
  • Planting
  • Agronmics
  • Harvesting
  • Processing
  • Storage
  • Distribution
  • Labor force development and management
  • Comphensive Cost and Revenue Models

UBA Members, through the Investment Center have access to extensive information they require to make their plans a reality.

Contract Farming

The generation of feedstock for the manufacture of Biofuels has taken front stage in the past few years. The supply of feedstock is the single most significant factor that will determine the success of a Biofuel project. Constituting nearly 70-80% of the operating cost, special attention has to been given to the security of the supply of feedstock in the short and long term.

The search for alternate fuels and the need to reverse global warming by reducing carbon emissions continues to be at the forefront of energy research around the globe. Biofuels have been established beyond doubt as one of the foremost means of alternative energy that would mitigate global warming in a significant manner. However, the requirement of vegetable oil for the manufacture of Biofuels has generated much controversy.

A systematic analysis by international research groups and agencies has established Jatropha curcas as the prime feedstock, suitable for Biodiesel production. Many countries in Asia and Africa have started to grow Jatropha, and it has the distinction of being the most suitable feedstock for Biodiesel in the long run. Jatropha is a plant that flourishes where little else grows, commonly grown in arid and semi arid land, and requires very little water, and being a very sturdy plant, it requires very little maintenance. Jatropha is also toxic and cannot be used for human consumption.

The need for long term security of feedstock supplied for Biofuel manufacturing operations have led to the philosophy of contract farming. The concept of contract farming owned and operated by a project is considered to be the most secure form of obtaining the feedstock in the long run; a concept that is adopted by many countries in the region such as India, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. The concept is to allow investor groups involved in Biofuel production to operate and secure their own feedstock.

The cultivation of large extents of land in unfamiliar territories causes risks for the investors. Specifically the cost of the land to be cultivated presents an enormous investment. Hence the adoption of a concept of contract farming with a long term lease of the land with the assistance of the government of the country is more feasible.

UBA has researched and developed a long term approach to reliable contract farming in many parts of the Americas, from concept to completion including Land Acquisition, Site Preparation, Nursery, Plantation, Harvesting and Oil Expelling. All contract farming is regulated, supervised and approved by the consortium, United Biofuels of America.

Jatropha Farm Management

A primary concern in Jatropha Farm Management is mitigating potential conflicts between Biofuel production and the protection of the environment, sustainable development, and rural development and participation. Designing and implementing Jatropha oil crops in a structured Agro-Supply chain provides an excellent business opportunity, and by utilizing proper Farm Management best practices maximum ROI is assured.

Crop-cultivation business services

  • Identifying land or decide for contract farming
  • Conducting feasibility studies
  • Business plan development
  • Forming farming company with team experts
  • Solicit financing
  • Develop the markets
  • Cost benefits calculations
  • By product value chain and rural business enhancement
  • Insurance Evaluation

Crop Implementation

  • Land preparation
  • Material (Planting material, growing media)
  • Nursery
  • Intercropping
  • Crop cultivation
  • Equipment requirements – Machinery (tractor, Power tiller, digger, tumblers, extractors, etc.)
  • Labor (Crop plantation, Crop maintenance, harvesting, processing)
  • Propagation
  • Harvesting technologies and practices
  • System management
  • Processing & Logistics infrastructures

Farm Management Services

  • Consultation/Inspection Evaluation
  • Training of Key Personnel
  • Certification of Farm Manager
  • Ongoing consultation and support