The Power of Dung : Lessons Learned from On-Farm Biodigester Programs in Africa

Over half the world’s population cooks primarily with wood, charcoal, coal, crop waste, or dung. This share is currently increasing or stagnant in most regions. Dependence on solid fuels is one of the world’s major public health challenges, causing...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	BIOGAS BIOMASS FUEL RENEWABLE ENERGY COOKING FUEL COOKING TECHNOLOGY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/468451557843529960/The-Power-of-Dung-Lessons-Learned-from-On-Farm-Biodigester-Programs-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31716

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spelling	okr-10986-317162021-09-16T13:52:40Z The Power of Dung : Lessons Learned from On-Farm Biodigester Programs in Africa World Bank BIOGAS BIOMASS FUEL RENEWABLE ENERGY COOKING FUEL COOKING TECHNOLOGY Over half the world’s population cooks primarily with wood, charcoal, coal, crop waste, or dung. This share is currently increasing or stagnant in most regions. Dependence on solid fuels is one of the world’s major public health challenges, causing more premature deaths than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The use of solid fuels and stoves also imposes significant economic costs on societies that can least afford them and contributes to adverse environmental and climate change effects. Traditionally the area of improving access to modern energy services has fallen in the realm of energy experts. However, a new study conducted by the World Bank between 2017-2019 asks the question: Does Agriculture have a role to plan in improving access to modern cooking services? The report: “The Power of Dung: Lessons Learned from On-Farm Biodigester Programs in Africa” examines on-farm biodigester programs in selected countries in Africa and examines the success factors of the programs. One of the report’s most important findings is that reframing the promotion of biodigesters from one providing clean cooking solutions (energy) to one providing improved fertilizers (agriculture) increases the attractiveness of the solutions among farmers. 2019-05-16T19:11:31Z 2019-05-16T19:11:31Z 2019-05-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/468451557843529960/The-Power-of-Dung-Lessons-Learned-from-On-Farm-Biodigester-Programs-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31716 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Energy Study Africa Burkina Faso Ethiopia Kenya
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description	Over half the world’s population cooks primarily with wood, charcoal, coal, crop waste, or dung. This share is currently increasing or stagnant in most regions. Dependence on solid fuels is one of the world’s major public health challenges, causing more premature deaths than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The use of solid fuels and stoves also imposes significant economic costs on societies that can least afford them and contributes to adverse environmental and climate change effects. Traditionally the area of improving access to modern energy services has fallen in the realm of energy experts. However, a new study conducted by the World Bank between 2017-2019 asks the question: Does Agriculture have a role to plan in improving access to modern cooking services? The report: “The Power of Dung: Lessons Learned from On-Farm Biodigester Programs in Africa” examines on-farm biodigester programs in selected countries in Africa and examines the success factors of the programs. One of the report’s most important findings is that reframing the promotion of biodigesters from one providing clean cooking solutions (energy) to one providing improved fertilizers (agriculture) increases the attractiveness of the solutions among farmers.
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title	The Power of Dung : Lessons Learned from On-Farm Biodigester Programs in Africa
title_short	The Power of Dung : Lessons Learned from On-Farm Biodigester Programs in Africa
title_full	The Power of Dung : Lessons Learned from On-Farm Biodigester Programs in Africa
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/468451557843529960/The-Power-of-Dung-Lessons-Learned-from-On-Farm-Biodigester-Programs-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31716
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