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Nigeria needs 2.4m litres of biodiesel daily<\/h1>\n

Nigeria needs 2.4 million litres of biodiesel daily to successfully implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the Jatropha Growers, Processors and Exporters Association of Nigeria has said.<\/p>\n

The National President of JaGPEAN, retired Maj. Gen. J. Omosebi, stated this at the second interactive meeting of the national and state executives of the association in Abuja.<\/p>\n

Omosebi said this had underscored the need for massive domestic production of Jatropha plant, which is a rich source of biodiesel, to meet the required feedstock to implement the agreement.<\/p>\n

He explained that the association had plans by to mobilise farmers to cultivate 100,000 hectares of Jatropha farm nationwide in 2017, and 2.5 million hectares within the next five years.<\/p>\n

President Muhammadu Buhari signed the climate change agreement on behalf of the country in New York in September.<\/p>\n

Buhari had expressed the country\u2019s commitment to cut Green House gas emissions unconditionally by 20 per cent by 2020.<\/p>\n

To achieve this objective, the country is expected to blend 20 per cent of biofuel into every litre of diesel and petrol to be consumed in the country before the deadline.<\/p>\n

Already, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources has started reviewing and updating the country\u2019s Biofuel Policy to boost local production and uptake of the critical product.<\/p>\n

This, according to the JaGPEAN national president, is a huge business opportunity for players in the Jatropha value-chain, especially farmers.<\/p>

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He said, \u00a0\u201cCurrently, about 12 million litres of diesel are consumed daily in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlending with the stipulated 20 per cent biofuel means that the country needs 2.4 million litres of biodiesel daily or 876 million litres annually to successfully implement the agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, the data of available Jatropha oil in the country is very insignificant compared with the quantity required for this policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, there is need for massive cultivation of Jatropha to meet the required feedstock to implement the policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The JaGPEAN national president said it was important for the association to support the Federal Government \u2018s Biofuel Policy because it was favourable to the farmers.<\/p>\n

He commended the government for accommodating the interests of the association\u2019s members in the policy review, which they had been praying for over the years.<\/p>\n

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