Tanzania: Biogas Policy Feasible

Posted to the web 19 August 2008 Of late MPs and environmental activists have aired their concerns over increased use of fertile land for biofuels production. Their concerns have been that if left unchecked, the trend of going for biofuel crops at the expense of food crops would sooner than later see the country facing acute food shortages. At the same time, the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), which supports the formulation and implementation of nationally owned programmes on domestic biogas, is targeting the provision of domestic biogas units to 5,000 households by late next year in Rwanda and Ethiopia. An SNV East and Southern Africa Biogas fact sheet notes that the support would benefit 25,000 users in those countries. SNV is also assisting Tanzania to develop a national domestic biogas programme. While it is... [read full story]