Hende Wayela : The Hende Mozambique Project (Collection Pointsl)

The collection point pilot project ran during 2007 and 2008 and we are now ready to establish family / entrepreneur based collection points and family oil producers based on the model we developed during the pilot phase.

By far the biggest obstacle in any agricultural production cycle in Mozambique, is the securing of the needed feedstock (Raw Materials).

The Hende Mozambique Project adress this problem through the Rural Trading Point Model (establishment of collection points)

The Hende Wayela Rural Trading Point Model is a social enterprise project focussing on Feedstock Development and Security for key stakeholders in the bio-fuel Industry in Mozambique and Southern Africa.

Large quantities of feedstock (the raw material used for vegetable oil production) are secured via an integrated community involvement program. This program focuses on utilizing available community resources by stimulating economic and social activities in previously forsaken rural communities via the establishment of rural Trading Points.

These points create rural agricultural business hubs where local communities and farmers can either sell their local produce, or purchase basic household goods and products.

All raw products collected at the trading points (typically coconut copra and jatropha seed) are sent to centralised crushing facilities where the crude vegetable oil is extracted.

The crude oil is then further refined and distributed by the stakeholders based on each company’s individual business model.

In addition the project aims to assist poor rural farmers to develop and grow agri-businesses that produce the feedstock required to make biodiesel and the associated down-stream by-products and co-products.

Self-Sufficient Agricultural training schools will be established which will focus on practical agricultural education in order to develop skills relating to these products.

The Hende Wayela Rural Trading Point Model provide a rural agricultural and business footprint from where further businesses can be developed.

The model promises to support further agricultural development, eco-tourism, micro-lending and banking, telecommunications, healthcare and education.

The Hende Wayela Rural Trading Point Model will empower small-scale but widespread rural labour based farming communities by providing them with a sustainable market for their rural coconut and vegetable oil produce, as well as other agricultural products. This in turn will provide these farmers with the means to increase their production of plants and trees from which vegetable oil can be produced.

Within this project, local communities are empowered to be able to supply the required feedstock. Currently there is simply no place to buy the feedstock at a price which makes the production of, for instance, bio-diesel, economically viable.

Securing feedstock at the right price and quality is a vital part of the bio-diesel production process and is addressed by Hende Wayela through the Hende Mozambique Project.