Community Briquette Project
Eupatorium adenophorum, the shrubby perennial, is known as Banmara ?the forest killer? in Nepali due to its notorious action in preventing other seedlings to grow. This shrub is found gregariously in the Nepalese hills and often nuisance to the villagers. The Community Briquette Project has aimed to harvest this shrub not only to restore the forest but also to make briquette from the shrub. The project would initiate to manufacture brequette involving community people and also explore market in the city. This initiative would also discourage the use of cow-dung cake, which has greater soil fertility value, to cook. Instead, the farmers would use briquette as the source of fuelwood.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Integrated Development Society Nepal
Country:
Nepal
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 5,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 1,571.00
Project Number:
NEP/03/12
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
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Project Characteristics and Results
Capacity - Building Component
The project emphasises in production of briquette at the local level. Thus village level specialists in production of briquette would be trained and gradually handover the entire enterprise to the community.
Notable Community Participation
The role of community in the management of briquette enterprise is crucial. Their participation in production, marketing and distribution is the key input of sustainability.
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SGP Country office contact
Mr. Vivek Dhar Sharma
Phone:
00977-1-5550119
Fax:
00977-1-5530269
Email:
Address
UNDP, P.O. Box 107
Kathmandu
Kathmandu
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