Method for the cultivation of Jatropha Curcas, with reproduction of the plant by means cuttings, wherein the cuttings are prepared in soft plastic bags containing a compost consisting of soil and sand, dung and poultry droppings and are planted out using a gel formed by an absorbent polymer and water mixed with mycorrhizal fungi with the method it is possible to achieve a high production in arid terrain such as the savanna.