Bewilligungen im Jahr 2008 - Volkswagen Stiftung

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Université de Cocody, Abidjan
Laboratoire des Sciences et techniques de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (LSTEE)
Dr. Kouassi Dongo
B. P. 582
Abidjan
ELFENBEINKÜSTE
Tel.: 00225 22483803
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Dakar
Research for the development of business-oriented solutions for faecal sludge
treatment in Dakar (Senegal)
Bewilligung: 19.04.2011 Laufzeit: 1 Jahr 6 Monate
Most urban areas of developing countries rely on latrine based sanitation. However,
ongoing latrine programmes aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) still lack provision for the emptying, haulage, safe treatment and reuse of faecal
sludge (FS) (Koné et al, 2007).This project aims to introduce a new paradigm in
sanitation by making excreta and wastewater management profitable for city planners,
and thereby increase access to sanitation. To achieve this, the overall objective is to
develop local capacity and create the know-how for operating FSTPs that produce safe
biosolids and forage for enhancing urban and peri-urban agricultural productivity.
University Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement
Dr. Mbaye Mbéguéré
P.O. 26469
Dakar
SENEGAL
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Egerton
Use of sugarcane bagasse in biodigesters energy production for domestic and
commercial use among resource poor in the sugar belts of Western Kenya
Bewilligung: 19.04.2011 Laufzeit: 1 Jahr 6 Monate
Supply of energy from the expensive and limited sources such as hydrometric plants to
rural areas where commerce and industry is still at its low and have been a major
hindrance for development of these rural areas in Kenya. Sustainable generation and use
of biogas energy from cheap abundantly available sugarcane waste bagasse would
create opportunities for employment creation, income generating activities and eventually
help in combating extreme poverty experienced in these areas. Currently, bagasse is
burned as a solid biofuel into charcoal at small-scale levels, but converting it into biogas
would allow the energy containedin it to be used in a variety of activities such as lighting,
cooking, driving small village based mills and even transport fuel. In this project, field
research by constructing, processing, testing and analyzing the quality of biogas from
different sugar belts in order to determine different rates of flow and plant uptake of
bagasse will be carried out. Linkages to existing up-scaled biogas plants, markets and
gas cylinder processing units will be carried out to ensure sustainability of the system.
Egerton University, Njoro, Nakuru
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Dr. George Owuor
P.O. Box 536
Egerton
KENIA
Tel.: + 254 722 831 634
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