Why cant all agrarian African countries, especially Nigeria, replicate this? The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in partnership with the Rwandan government has developed a FlexiBiogas method of capturing methane to create a clean biogas and so far more than one hundred household in Rwanda are burning biogas as fuel. In Rwandas Eastern Province, Pacifique Musabyimana collects dung from her cow, mixes it with water and pours it into the funnel of her so-called FlexiBiogas system. After a few days of fermentation in the plastic reservoir, methane gas released from dung is sent through plastic pipes straight to the kitchen stove. What is left of cow dung after gas extraction is a potent organic fertilizer which Pacifique uses for her vegetable garden and sells the leftovers to her neighbors. She also invested in a solar panel and a converter. Apart from lighting the house at night, she charges her neighbors mobile phones for a fee. Cow dung releases methane gas which is 22 times more damaging to the atmosphere than C02.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:44:18 +0000
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