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AP Television Lusaka, Zambia - 17 March, 2011 1. Close up of jatropha fruit growing on bush, hand coming up to pick it 2. Biofuel producer Thomson Sinkala opening jatropha fruit to reveal oil-rich seeds 3. One of Sinkala's workers picking jatropha fruits 4. Wide of worker sorting jatropha seeds on Sinkala's farm 5. Close up of seeds being extracted from fruit 6. Sinkala walking through jatropha plantation 7. Sinkala talking on phone in plantation 8. SOUNDBITE (Namawanga) Thomson Sinkala, Biofuel producer: "In Zambia, I realised that from one hectare of jatropha, you can make four thousand to five thousand US dollars per year. From the honey from one bee hive you can make between 150 and 200 (US) dollars per year. From chickens, depending on whether you sell eggs or the chickens, you can make over twenty thousand (US) dollars per year. When you sum up all the different aspects to this integrated approach, what you make from jatropha is relative peanuts but it adds on to the over all economy of the system." 9. Goats roaming through Sinkala's jatropha crop 10. Various of goats grazing 11. Cow and goats eating grass 12. Wide of beehive 13. Close up bees at beehive 14. Worker placing jatropha seeds in oil press 15. Various of oil being pressed 16. Close up of raw oil pressed from jatropha seeds 17. Close up of seed by-product, later used as fetiliser 18. Sinkala walking through cabbage patch Serenje, Zambia - 2 April, 2011 19. Pan of farmer Peter Sherriff driving past in his vehicle 20. Peter Sherriff walking from his vehicle to his jatropha plantation 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Sherriff, Farmer: "A farmer can easily be self-sufficient in biodiesel for his tractors and diesel engines." 22. Various of goats and sheep grazing between the Sherriffs' jatropha crop 23. Wide of jatropha crop 24. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Sherriff, Farmer: "I'm getting a ton per hectare and from that we're getting approximately thirty five percent oil, which is giving us from our total crop of around about 35 tons, 40 tons. That's around about 7500 litres per annum." 25. Sherriff's workers sorting through jatropha seeds 26. Close up of jatropha seeds Lusaka, Zambia - 18 March, 2011 27. Farmer Roger Sherriff (the son of Peter Sherriff) examining biodiesel producing machinery 28. Close up machinery 29. SOUNDBITE (English) Roger Sherriff, Farmer: "What we've taken now is our crude oil, which is very thick, and removed all the thickness out of it, the glycerines, to give us a very light, near to diesel viscosity. We've obviously also removed any solids and traces of water. This is now ready to put into your motor car or tractor or generator." 30. Close up of crude oil, and biodiesel in jars 31. Soapmaker Mel Chuundu, tilt down to glycerine by-product 32. Soap being cut into blocks 33. SOUNDBITE (English) Mel Chuundu, Soapmaker : 'We're trying to make the biodiesel, make it cheaper, make it more affordable, and at the same time make use of the by-products from the process rather than chucking them all over the place." Serenje, Zambia - 2 April, 2011 34. Pan from Peter Sherriff to his jatropha crop 35. Pan of harvested jatropha seeds Lusaka, Zambia - 17 March, 2011 36. Cattle grazing in jatropha crop LEAD IN: Sugar cane and palm oil are both well known sources of biofuel. The production of plants for biofuel has come under scrutiny for being hard on the environment leading to deforestation and loss of habitat for certain wildlife species. In Zambia, an experimental farm is trying to lessen the impact of biofuel production by introducing other plant and animal species at the same time. STORYLINE: In the past jatropha has been hailed as a miracle plant with hundreds of different uses. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/78926cefd3bac7fe1484859103b933c9 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork