Jatropha planting programme

Up to 31 March 2008, D1-BP Fuel Crops has planted or obtained rights to offtake from a total of 192,016 hectares of jatropha worldwide. Planting is concentrated in Southern Africa, India and South East Asia. The cumulative position is summarised in the table below:

		Managed plantations	Contract farming	Seed purchase and oil supply agreements	Total Hectares
India	South North East Rest	— — —	62,455 5,922 2,860	— — 23,833	62,455 5,922 26,693
		—	71,237	23,833	95,070
Africa	Zambia Swaziland Rest	2,276 1,064 50	70 210 879	23,179 6,112 13,638	25,525 7,386 14,567
		3,390	1,159	42,929	47,478
South East Asia	Indonesia Rest	18 —	19,250 2,212	20,132 7,856	39,400 10,068
		18	21,462	27,988	49,468
Total		3,408	93,858	94,750	192,016

Managed plantations are those farms where land and labour is controlled by D1-BP Fuel Crops, either through its subsidiaries or joint venture partners. Under contract farming, the farmer plants his own trees on his own land. D1-BP Fuel Crops and its partners assist with the provision of seedlings and the arrangement of bank finance for planting, and offer a buyback of harvested grains with an offtake agreement, subject to a floor price and the achievement of agreed quality standards, and provide support and advice during cultivation, and monitor the condition of the crops. Seed and oil supply agreements are arm’s length supply contracts with third parties whereby D1-BP Fuel Crops, either directly or through joint venture partners, has offtake arrangements in place over future output from jatropha plantations which the third party is developing. D1-BP Fuel Crops has limited involvement in this planting and relies on third parties to measure and manage the crop effectively.

The rights to some planting are shared with third parties, such as joint venture partners, with whom D1 and D1-BP Fuel Crops have worked to achieve rights to planting of jatropha. As such, offtake from these areas of planting may well be shared with those third parties.