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Community-Based Promotion and Development of Non-Conventional Energy (VISAYAS)

Installation and use of biogas fuel for cooking, lighting, and heating as a contribution towards addressing global warming and climate change at the grassroots level.

This project is a community response to minimize global warming and climate change by containing greenhouse gases through use of biogas fuel for cooking, lighting and heating. Biogas digester/generators will be installed in two barangays for use and maintenance by beneficiaries or possible replication in other barangays. Swine production shall be integrated into biogas generation wherein animal waste is used as promary feedstock in the digester for conversion into methane gas the primary fuel product. Biogas generation will cause the reduction of the demand and use of firewood indirectly conserves and protects indigenous tree species from indiscriminate cutting and burning. These contribute in lessening the impact of climate change caused by global warming.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Bol-anon Foundation

Country:

Philippines

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 20,988.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 6,640.57

Project Number:

S/OP-28.99-V

Start Date:

5/2000

End Date:

5/2001

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Notable Community Participation

Community residents identified and designed the project. The two (2) communities are also heavily involved in the actual implementation and management of the project, which involves the installation, operation, and maintenance of biogas system.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

Not Applicable.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project promoted awareness on the global environment, particularly on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emission by installing eight biogas digesters and eight shallow water wells. The project impact is in reduction of methane gas, loss of trees, improvement of sanitation, organic fertilizer production and increase in income.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

To ensure the sustainability of the biogas system, the community is undertaking swine-raising activities. Swine raising forms an integral part of the biogas system which shall cause additional income accumulated from sales of the livestock. Other residents have also started a project on permaculture and organic agriculture.

Capacity - Building Component

Trainings to include environmental awareness and planning, value formation, seminar on non-conventional energy, swine production, permaculture, and organic agriculture which they aimed to strengthen the existing farmers beneficiary organization.

Gender Focus

Women community members have taken the lead in the project, particularly in swine-raising, producing organic fertilizers, discouraging the cutting of trees for fuelwood, and promoting awareness on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emission.

Project Results

The project were able to increased awareness on the reduction of greenhouse gas emission (methane) at the community level. It also installed and operated ten (10) biogas digesters and ten (10) shallow well water pumps. The project also produced an average of 300 kilos sludge fertilizer (by-product of biogas generation) per month. It dispersed 100 swine to community residents/organization members.

The impact of the project are: increase in income (savings realized from fuel expenditures); reduction of methane gas emission; loss of trees (fuelwood); and volume of organic fertilizer produced.

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