Jatropha seeds Jatropha oil extraction Jatropha oil Oil / biodiesel in car Jatropha cake Jatropha cake as manure Cake No Cake RECURRENT FUEL PROBLEMS IN ZAMBIA Available Options Presented at the Economics Association of Zambia Discussion Forum, 18 February 2010, Hotel Edinburgh, Kitwe. By Prof. Thomson Sinkala [email protected]CHAIRMAN, Biofuels Association of Zambia 1
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Jatropha seeds Jatropha oil extraction
Jatropha oil Oil / biodiesel in car
Jatropha cake Jatropha cake as manure
CakeNo
Cake
RECURRENT FUEL PROBLEMS IN ZAMBIA Available Options
Presented at the Economics Association of Zambia Discussion Forum, 18 February 2010, Hotel Edinburgh, Kitwe.
1.Introduction2.Major transport fuels/energies3.Government policy, regulations, etc4.Choice of liquid biofuels feedstocks5.Participation by Zambians6.The liquid biofuels market7.Country-wide industrialization8.Conclusions9.Recommendations / missing link
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INTRODUCTION
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POPULATION 11.2 million
LAND MASS 75.2 million hectares
LAND UNDER CUSTOMARY TENURE 70% (About 52.6 million ha)
ARABLE LAND 42 million hectares
ARABLE UTILIZED 6 million hectares
NUMBER OF FARM FAMILIES 900,000
Small scale 75% (About 675,000)
Medium scale 17% (About 153,000)
Large scale 8%(About 72,000)
WATER RESOURCES 35% of SADC Water Resources
Some Underlying Data
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Zambia, though totally landlocked, is totally landlinked to 8 neighbouring countries.
The country lies between 10-18oS of equator.
It is a tropical country, and the high altitude (900-1500m above sea level) gives conducive climate.
The land has potential for a large array of crops, livestock and fish production.
Distinct seasons provide exceptional natural advantages for agriculture.
Agriculture is currently largely rainfall dependent, and the country is divided into 3 agro-ecological zones based on rainfall.
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Agroecological zones of Zambia Zone I: Zone 1 is a relatively dry area with
less than 800 mm annual rainfall.
Zone IIa: This has annual rainfall in the range of 800 mm to 1000 mm.
Zone IIb: covers the Kalahari sand plateau and Zambezi flood plains.
Zone III: This is a high rainfall area with amounts exceeding 1000 mm per year.
SOURCE: USAID. 2007. “Annual Harvest Analysis Report for the 2006/07 Production Season”. October.
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Irrigation Potential
AreaExisting
irrigation (ha)
Additional potential
(ha)
Total potential
(ha)
Area as % of
national potential
Upper Zambezi Basin 2,000 110,000 112,000 26.48
Kafue Basin 13,000 152,000 165,000 39.01
Luangwa Basin - 14,000 14,000 3.31
Luapula and Tanganyika Basin 2,000 62,000 64,000 15.13
Commercial farms in different basins
8,000 - 8,000 1.89
TOTAL 25,000 398,000 423,000 100
FROM: Pope A and Chitembo A. 2009. Report on deliberations of the workshop for the “Establishment of the Zambia National Sugar Strategy”. Held at the Cresta Golfview Hotel, Lusaka on 11th March 2009.