Sustainability

Policies are needed to ensure that local households, businesses and communities recieve the benefits of energy services from Jatropha based biodiesel development, as well as associated income and job opportunities. It is essential to engage small farmers and producers in the policy formulation discussions.

Environmental Sustainability

UBA has partnered with CABI, Central American Bioscience International and has initiated the Monitoring, Evaluation and Mitigation (MEM) approach for sustainable biofuel crop production systems in the Caribbean and Central America
This comprehensive project will establish policies and procedures throughout the Americas.

CABI is a science-based development organization with a unique combination of scientific research, development and publishing experience tracing its origins back to 1910. CABI holds intergovernmental, not-for-profit status being established by a United Nations treaty level agreement between 44 countries who wanted to “promote the advancement of agriculture and allied sciences through the provision of information, scientific and related services on a world-wide basis”.
This project involving the following actors; CABI, United Biofuels of America, Costa Rica Seed Company, University of Costa Rica, Fabio Baudrit Experimental Station, Division of the Ministry of Agriculture Land and Marine Resources (MALMR), and CATIE, the Centre for Tropicla Agriculture in Costa Rica.