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11 July, 2008
Its representative in Argentina advanced that once they reach the 50.000 sowed hectares, they will install an oil factory and later on, a biofuel elaborato. The Global Agricultural Resources (GAR) company, of Swiss capitals, advanced that it will build an oil plant oil in the Nea and later on, a biodiesel elaborator. In the first stage of the project, the company is promoting the tartago cultivation in the whole region. To that effect, they guarantee the purchase of all the volume of this oleaginous that is produced in the region and they give seeds to the colonists that are interested in this cultivation. It is expected that next year, that Misiones reaches 6.000 hectares covered with this bush, while in Corrientes and Chaco there will be a total of 15.000. As its representative explained in Argentina, Daniel Kait, once we get to the 50.000 hectares in production, the industrial stage will begin, that plans the construction of an oil factory to process the seeds and then, a biodiesel plant “as long as the forecasts of profitability allow it”, Kait explained. The factory will settle in the province that has the biggest cultivated surface, in order to minimize the costs of freight. Rustic plant The main attractiveness that presents the Tartago as cultivation in the area, is its wildness. It is a bush that grows in wild way in the area, it resists extreme droughts and high temperatures. It can even be developed in highly degraded floors and it doesn’t require much cares. Due to its characteristics, this cultivation represents an ideal alternative be practiced in “capueras” and other lands not incorporated to the productive system for being of low fertility. The average price of the seeds is of 170 dollars per ton and the yield oscillates between the 2.500 and 4.000 kilos per hectare. Keeping in mind these data, the cultivation would offer an annual income of up to 680 dollars for hectare, similar to the one that is obtained in a low yield weed. Kait estimated however that the values of the tartago would increase in the future from the hand of the strong increment that is forseen in the biodiesel demand. In that sense, Kait highlighted that the European Union will force to mix the fossil fuel that is sold in the old continent, with a biofuel percentage. Starting from 2009, the oil companies will incorporate 2 percent of vegetable components to their fuels, percentage that will be increased progressively until arriving to 20 percent in 2020. Source: Misiones on line Translation by Nextfuel/Biodiesel.com.ar Deje un comentario |
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