In the cultivation stage

Planting cost

Nursing cost

Organization cost

Miscellaneous cost

Wood

Pruning

Pole production

Thinning

Felling

Storage cost

Firewood production

Transport cost

Charcoal production

Fruit

Collecting cost

Removal of flesh cost

Storage of products like oil, cake, shells, flesh cost

Transport cost

Extraction of oil cost

Production of charcoal cost from shells

Miscellaneous cost

Capital and labor cost

Building cost

Machinery and equipment cost

Labor cost

Price of Jatropha Seeds

Entrepreneurs all over the world face little difficulty with popularization of jatropha as a budding source for biofuel. This is main reason for the price raise of jatropha seeds.

Price of Jatropha Oil

Another important component of jatropha cost is that the price of jatropha. At present one liter of jatropha cost $1.50 and it is expected that the price of oil will go down in the next ten years.

Factors that influence the cost of Jatropha seeds and oil

The cost of the jatropha seeds vary depending on the variety of seeds. The cost of the seeds changes from one variety to another. Correspondingly the quality and quantity of the seeds also varies thus affecting its cost.

As per the current ration the cost of the seeds are quite low then the cost of the jatropha oil. Jatropha plantation and product prices are now coming into consideration since the growing demand of jatropha oil as a biofuel. This not only affect and increase the cost of jatropha oil but also its end products.