29 January 2013
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SG Biofuels
has signed landmark agreements in Brazil
to advance the development of Jatropha
as a next generation energy crop with
1.Embrapa (Brazilian Agricutural Research Corporation),
the country's leading agricultural research institution,
- SGB's strategic research partnership with Embrapa
will combine the company's breeding and genomics
platform with Embraza's leadership in the advancement of
new technologies that have increased agricultural productivity
in Brazil
- Embrapa has identified Jatropha as one of the most
promising new energy crops in Brazil.
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2. Fiagril, the third largest company in the state of
Mato Grosso with revenues in exceed of
US $1 billion per year
- The agreement includes the establishment of
Jmax Knowledge Center (TM) near
Fiagrill's 200,000 metric tons capacity biodiesel plant
in Mato Grosso.
- The center is a professionally-managed trial where
SGB is advancing elite jatropha hybrids adapted to
local growing conditions while establishing best
agronomic practices to enable
successul commercial deployment.
SGB Biofuels in Brazil
- In Brazil, SGB has deployed 3 JMAX knowledge center (TM)
- SGB is working with partners on a multi-phased program
leading to the deployment of intercropped Jatropha plantations
in the central-west region of Brazil for
the purpose of bio jet fuel production.
- SGB's trial continues to demonstrate the superior performance
of its Jatropha hybrids compared to commerical varieties
in terms of
* plant vigor,
* health
* flowering time
* stress tolerance
* seed and
* oil yield
across muitiple geographies
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