WABEF : Western Africa Biowastes for Energy and Fertilizer
Using existing scientific data and industrial references, reformate and disseminate an innovative and participative approach to develop policies on biowaste management through implementation of viable anaerobic digestion technologies in the Sudano-Sahelian context
Project start date:
01/02/2014Project end date:
01/02/2017Objectives
Overall objectives
- Build innovative and technical capacities in the field of anaerobic digestion technologies in Western Africa
- Strengthen the capacities of government agencies, private sector and civil society to find, uptake existing technologies for anaerobic digestion of biowaste
- Help improve the energy access of peri-urban and rural communities, and the energy supply of industrial parks through biogas production
- Help produce local fertilizers for crops and ponds through bioslurry
- Contribute to reduce the environmental impact of agricultural, industrial and municipal biowastes
- Contribute to improve sanitation and water quality, to maintain soil fertility and to reduce deforestation
Location
Western Africa : Senegal, Mali, Benin
Partners
- Cirad, « recyclage et risque » research unit
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Sénégal
- Institut Africain de Gestion Urbaine (IAGU), Dakar, Sénégal
- Songhai Regional Centre, Bénin
- Association d'entraide pour le développement rural (AEDR): Teriya Bugu, Mali
- Resource centre on urban agriculture & food security (RUAF) Foundation, Pays Bas
Fundings
EuropeAid/133437/D/ACT/ACPTPS
ACP-EU Cooperation Programme in Science and Technology II (S&T II)
Funding to be received: 743 000 € vs total budget of 1 028 000 €