The fundamental strength of this project is that it presents an opportunity to engage in a commercial undertaking with excellent profits, and which also greatly benefits the local community.
Jatropha curca has unique qualities and suitability for a major biodiesel project, namely:

• Wasteland and mine reclamation and reforestation;

• Income generation from previously unused or unusable areas;

• Huge opportunities from new, sustainable and renewable land resources and crops;

• Creating employment in nursery development, soil preparation,

• irrigation systems, plantation maintenance, seedcollection, oil extraction and refinery control.
  

Each State will also benefit from the increased demand for employment in infrastructure, logistics and transportation;

• Wide tolerance of varying climatic and soil conditions;
  
• With its ability to produce fuel and energy,the project can rapidly become self-supporting in energy requirements for processing;
• Virtually no waste or un-useable by-products because all products of the processing have sound markets.