Million Gallon Challenge

The Million Gallon Challenge was designed to meet end-buyer contracts for Jatropha Crude Oil (JCO). These require significant plantation developments to ensure feedstock supply. This project will require several hundred thousand hectares of Jatropha plantation development over the next 5 years, regionally in Central and South America.

This ambitious plan represents 2,000,000 gallons per day production when operations are at full capacity.

UBA is working to eliminate barriers to development and facilitate development throughout Central, South and North America for this initiative.

Currently UBA has interests in Costa Rica, Panama, USA, Colombia, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in relation to this project.

The UBA development platform covers the following critical areas:



Outreach Planning and Analysis

The primary missions of the Outreach Planning and Analysis division are:

  • Indentify and facilitate opportunities for commercial development of sustainable biofuels at scale in Central America
  • Generate mind-share through and with focus groups and round tables
  • Facilitate and support promotional programs/events such as the Jatropha Harvest Experience and the UBA Latin American Round Table

Policies relating to developments often overlap or conflict with other policies from other governmental bodies.

Policies are needed to ensure that local households, businesses, lands, biodiversity and communities receive the benefits of energy services from biodiesel development. It is essential to engage all actors, from Governmental bodies to small farmers and producers in the policy formulation discussions.

UBA works with the key centers of influence to help facilitate and support responsible biofuel developments.
Commercialization and Deployment Programs

The Million Gallon Challenge goal requires a diverse delivery platform.

Services Deployed for Commercialization Programs

A primary concern in Jatropha Farm Management is mitigating potential conflicts between Biofuel production, environment protection, and sustainability. Designing and implementing Jatropha oil crops in a structured Agro-Supply Chain provides multiple opportunities, and by utilizing proper Farm Management best practices you ensure maximum ROI, Sustainability and project success.

Crop-cultivation business services

  1. Agronomic Technological Package(s)
  2. Identifying land [O1] for farming programs
  3. Conducting  feasibility studies
  4. Business plan development
  5. Forming farming company with team experts
  6. Solicit financing
  7. Develop the markets
  8. Cost benefits calculations
  9. By product value chain and rural business enhancement
  10. Insurance Evaluation

Crop Implementation

  1. Agronomic Technological Package
  2. Land preparation
  3. Material (Planting material, growing media)
  4. Nursery
  5. Intercropping
  6. Crop cultivation
  7. Equipment requirements – Machinery (tractor, Power tiller, digger, tumblers, extractors, etc.)
  8. Labor (Crop plantation, Crop maintenance, harvesting, processing)
  9. Propagation
  10. Harvesting technologies and practices
  11. System management
  12. Processing & Logistics infrastructures

Farm Management Services:

  1. Consultation/Inspection Evaluation
  2. Training of Key Personnel
  3. Certification of Farm Manager
  4. Ongoing consultation and support