Biofuel Production for Electricity Generation in the Galápagos Islands

Technical cooperation project aimed at reducing diesel consumption for electricity generation in the Galápagos Islands through jatropha (Jatropha curcas) plant oil, while improving the economic performance of small-scale producers and collectors of this raw material in rural areas of Manabí. It includes the organizational, productive and business strengthening of cooperatives within the framework of the Popular and Solidarity Economy, efficiency gains along the value chain up to the sale of processed plant oil, the expansion of jatropha living fences, and the systematization of the experience to demonstrate its economic viability and enable its replication.