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Handbook on Biogas Integration into Sustainable Farming Systems
IEI Asia, a SEPS project partner in India, aimed to provide clean cooking fuel at village level in the south east of Karnataka state. As part of an upscaling phase of the project supported by WISIONS, an extensive handbook focusing on sustainable farming systems integrated with energy from waste was produced.
Biogas generation through the anaerobic digestion of biomass has been carried out successfully in India and other parts of the world for decades. In this SEPS project, biogas was produced mainly from banana stem-waste at small rural banana plantations and then distributed to more than 70 households in the village of Gundigere for cooking purposes. The project has demonstrated that a biogas system can be based solely on stem waste from banana plantations, although the methane generation potential of these parts of the plant is much lower than that of fruit and peel.
IEI’s in-depth handbook offers potential users information on:
- Integrated banana cultivation, biogas generation and stove-fuel delivery
- Operation at family/community/village level rather than industrial scale
- Actual implementation and operation in India
- Background information on technologies and resources
Download the manual here: IEI Handbook – Sustainable Farming Systems [PDF, 6 MB]
