Sustainable livelihoods through promotion of alternate energy resources in coastal villages of Bhavnagar District
?The demand for energy is projected to grow at an annual rate of around 5% which is one of the highest in the world, and the production inability to meet the demand has increased India?s reliance on costly imports.
?Because of the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides the expenditure on agriculture has gone up and the land fertility has come down resulting in lower yields. This leads to many problems such as deforestation, health impacts and increasing land degradation.
?In rural areas the dependency on fuel wood for cooking is well over 95% and the smoke particles emerge from this give rise to acute respiratory infections among people, mainly women, children and infants. The project therefore talks about alternate energy, so that the need and desire of people are met.
?Because of the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides the expenditure on agriculture has gone up and the land fertility has come down resulting in lower yields. This leads to many problems such as deforestation, health impacts and increasing land degradation.
?In rural areas the dependency on fuel wood for cooking is well over 95% and the smoke particles emerge from this give rise to acute respiratory infections among people, mainly women, children and infants. The project therefore talks about alternate energy, so that the need and desire of people are met.
Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Vikas Samarthan Kendra
Country:
India
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 23,361.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 946.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 1,311.00
Project Number:
IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/16/GUJ02
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
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Project Characteristics and Results
Capacity - Building Component
75 women beneficiaries will be trained on the maintenance of the biogas plant. Exposure visits will be organized for 2 representatives of each village to make them aware of the model for effective use of renewable energy resources. The training will be given to 10 masons for the construction of bio-gas plantation which will be beneficial for providing them employment in future. 2 days training will be conducted by the bio gas technology experts in order to teach the beneficiaries how to use the units, to do the upkeep and small repairs.
Notable Community Participation
N.A.
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Mr Manish Kumar Pandey
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Ms Aradhana Goyal
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