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To boost the macauba production chain as a source of sustainable vegetable oils and restore degraded landscapes in the Amazon.

To generate an alternative to soybean and palm oil, leveraging the macauba production chain as a source of sustainable vegetable oils. This is the objective of the Amazônia subsidiary, which does this by utilizing pastures used by Brazilian ranchers and aims to plant 20,000 hectares of macauba in a silvopastoral system in Pará, in partnership with small producers, by 2032.

After harvesting, macaúba fruits are used 100% and deliver five products: pulp oil, comparable to palm oil; almond oil, comparable to palm kernel oil; pulp pie, which can be used for animal feed; endocarp granulate, raw material for high value granulate or activated carbon; and almond pie, which can be used for animal feed. In addition to the carbon credits generated with the planting of palm trees.

"The project aims to leverage the macaúba chain as a source of vegetable oils and animal and human nutrients, sustainable, without deforestation and without changing the use of the soil. .75 tons of carbon per hectare/year, thus, a productive unit that is harmful to the environment is transformed into a productive area that contributes to the mitigation of climate change.”
Johannes Zimpel, CEO of INOCAS

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City State

Tracuateua, Pará

Foundation

2022

nature of business

Public Limited Company (SA).

Model

B2B

Founders:

Johannes Zimpel

Team Size:

26 employees

Patent

Not

business phase

pre-scale

Year of entry into the program:

2021

Total amount raised

R$ 200 thousand

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what solves

Palm oil represents the largest global vegetable oil market, providing inputs for food production, chemicals, cosmetics, lubricants, fuels and many others. Due to the high demand for water, palm plantations are concentrated in tropical forest regions, causing deforestation, emission of greenhouse gases and reduction of global biodiversity. Agrosilvopastoral systems with macaúba in degraded pastures can reforest large deforested areas in Brazil.

impact

Hectares of pasture areas recovered, family farmers and extractivists benefited, sequestration of greenhouse gases from productive arrangements, formation of biological corridors and improvement of water flow from springs in the area of influence of macaúba plantations.

product/market

Companies looking to replace palm oil with a more sustainable option. Companies seeking input for coal production.

The Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the environment and climate, and ensure that people everywhere can enjoy peace and prosperity.

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