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:

01/02/2014

Project end date:

01/02/2017

Objectives

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 €