Scripts in transition: Protective spaces of Indonesian biofuel villages

Fatimah, Yuti Ariani; Raven, Rob; Arora, Saurabh

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2015.06.021

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“…Despite the above concerns, countries such as Brazil and India to an extent, have successfully commercialized biofuels while others such as Nigeria have seriously lagged behind due to regime and agency dynamics (Janssen and Rutz, 2012;Fatimah et al, 2015). Based on this, it is argued that these policy and technology failures are better understood when the political processes surrounding the adoption of such policies (biofuels) and technologies are considered (Markard et al, 2016;Kern et al, 2016) In fact, there is a broader recognition that at the heart of these 'political nuances' is the role of government in catalysing long-term policy changes towards the desired transitions trajectory .…”

Section: R Ecent Global Biofuels Development Can Be Largely Traced Tomentioning

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Politics of Energy Transitions: A decade after Nigeria's biofuels crusade, a tale of non‐commercialization and lost opportunities

Osunmuyiwa¹

2017

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There is a growing literature on the politics of sustainability transitions and its correlation with policy changes at the national level. This paper contributes to this debate by taking stock of energy transition processes in Nigeria's biofuels sector. It explores the socio-economic externalities that influenced the biofuels policy, how this policy process was negotiated and why it failed. Based on expert interviews and document analysis, it was observed that a drop in oil production and the need for economic diversification (GDP growth) created a favourable condition for the development of biofuels in 2005. However, the biofuels policy was insufficiently articulated when the window of opportunity opened. In the last 10 years, fluctuations in oil prices and changes in government have closed the window of opportunity for biofuels. Taken together, the results suggest that to successfully engineer transition, policy processes of this nature require a re-articulation of vision based on emerging externalities.

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Section: R Ecent Global Biofuels Development Can Be Largely Traced Tomentioning

confidence: 99%

Politics of Energy Transitions: A decade after Nigeria's biofuels crusade, a tale of non‐commercialization and lost opportunities

Osunmuyiwa¹

2017

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“…In the program, the company pledged to buy the seeds harvested by the farmers and process these harvested seeds into crude jatropha oil, to sell it to RNI and other SOEs. In the beginning of the program, Enhil provided free seeds for farmers to plant, began constructing a factory and even distributed free jatropha stoves to the farmers [61]. Enhil planned to buy jatropha harvested, unpeeled seeds for IDR 700 (USD 0.06) per kg, process them into crude jatropha oil and sell this back to the farmers at IDR 1500 (USD 0.12) per liter, which was much cheaper than the kerosene price, which, in the area, reached IDR 2600 (USD 0.22) per liter [61].…”

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“…In the beginning of the program, Enhil provided free seeds for farmers to plant, began constructing a factory and even distributed free jatropha stoves to the farmers [61]. Enhil planned to buy jatropha harvested, unpeeled seeds for IDR 700 (USD 0.06) per kg, process them into crude jatropha oil and sell this back to the farmers at IDR 1500 (USD 0.12) per liter, which was much cheaper than the kerosene price, which, in the area, reached IDR 2600 (USD 0.22) per liter [61]. Such a low market price would be possible, because, according to Enhil's director, Enhil would also sell other products from jatropha, which would help reduce the CJCO production cost [62].…”

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Riding the Hype: The Role of State-Owned Enterprise Elite Actors in the Promotion of Jatropha in Indonesia

Simandjuntak

2014

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Within a few years following its ambitious promotion in 2006, the development of jatropha in Indonesia came to a halt. Claimed as a potential solution to problems in energy and poverty, the introduction of jatropha in Indonesia's energy policy had been triggered by the high oil prices in 2005. While studies by biofuel scholars have generally focused on what brought the end of the "miracle crop" hype by underlining various technical problems and the absence of market structure as the cause of its failure, few have examined jatropha as part of a policy-making trajectory, which began with, and was influenced by, the development narratives disseminated by individual actors. This article sheds light on the role of elite actors in the making of biofuel energy policy in Indonesia. Taking the case of the promotion of jatropha in 2005-2007, the article illustrates the role of the director of Indonesia's leading sugar state-owned enterprise (SOE), Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (RNI), whose decision in promoting jatropha became influential in forwarding its narratives into the national energy and development policy in 2006. In order to discover why a specific elite actor decided to promote jatropha, the article relies on data, including the SOE's documents and interviews with key actor(s). The analysis is conducted using an actor-oriented approach, which underlines the discrepancy between the ideals and the operational practice of developmental goals.

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“…Jatropha was promoted to enhance socioeconomic development (Brittaine and Lutaladio, 2010) by creating employment, increasing revenues for poor rural farmers and offering energy self-sufficiency for small communities (Fairless, 2007;Van Eijck et al, 2014b;Fatimah et. al., 2015).…”

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“…In Indonesia, the promise of energy self-sufficiency, improved production efficiency and people's welfare from small scale jatropha plantings did not eventuate (Afiff, 2014;Fatimah et al, 2015).…”

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Is there life after hype for Jatropha? Exploring growth and yield in Indonesia

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at 11 a.m. in the Aula. AbstractJatropha curcas L. is a biofuel crop that has not lived up to expectations due to a combination of hype and disappointment and biophysical factors. This PhD thesis is based on the plant production component of the JARAK programme which aimed to bridge the gap between truth and fiction. This study reviewed the jatropha hype and disappointment and further investigated the hypothesis that jatropha growth and yield are limited by biophysical factors of plant characteristics, cropping systems, and management. My review of the hype and disappointment shows that despite the high expectations fuelled by market pull and technology push, and numerous actors, the commercial potential for jatropha is limited by policy and governance, economics, social, technology, logistical, and environmental. A study of the biophysical components confirms that no current varieties suited to different cropping systems and locations are available. Jatropha aboveground biomass is partitioned predominantly into a structure of stem, branches, and twigs. The below to aboveground biomass ratio was 0.5 and fruit which was found only on productive twigs accounted for the smallest portion of biomass measured. Seed yields were disappointingly small (109 kg ha -1 ) and were largest in monoculture, followed by intercropping and hedgerows in that order, although yields were influenced by age and management of pruning and fertiliser. Seed yield across the three cropping systems can be predicted using plant height and the number of productive twig/branch, although the number of inflorescence clusters per productive twig may be important. Intercropping between jatropha and maize (Zea mays L.) resulted in competition for resources both belowground and aboveground that reduced maize yields. Shoot pruning was effective in managing aboveground competition, while root pruning and root barriers effectively managed competition belowground. Leaf prunings provided a limited, but positive fertility effect on maize yield comparable to 21 kg N ha -1. Jatropha -maize intercropping has potential for long-term productivity provided management practices such as fertiliser, pruning, and planting density can be developed to minimise competition and enhance complementarity. Based on my review of the jatropha hype and disappointment and my biophysical research results, the planting of jatropha by smallholders, or as a plantation crop cannot be recommended. Once the issues I highlight have been resolved and market confidence restored, jatropha may finally become a commercial source of biodiesel able to provide improved socio-economic and environmental benefits.

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Scripts in transition: Protective spaces of Indonesian biofuel villages

Cited by 17 publications

References 26 publications

Politics of Energy Transitions: A decade after Nigeria's biofuels crusade, a tale of non‐commercialization and lost opportunities

Politics of Energy Transitions: A decade after Nigeria's biofuels crusade, a tale of non‐commercialization and lost opportunities

Riding the Hype: The Role of State-Owned Enterprise Elite Actors in the Promotion of Jatropha in Indonesia

Is there life after hype for Jatropha? Exploring growth and yield in Indonesia

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