Poor farmers learn to make bio-gas
VietNamNet Bridge, 24 June 2009

"Can Tho University is training poor farmers in the Mekong Delta
province of Hau Giang to make bio-gas and fertilisers from water
hyacinths and agricultural waste such as rice husk.

The university project – titled Production of Aqua and Agricultural
Products and Renewable Energy from Water Hyacinths and Waste — which
began in 2007, has received funding of 1 million euros (US$1.3 million)
from the Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation collaboration.

Dr Do Ngoc Quynh, the project’s technical consultant, said 2,340 farmers
without land or with less than 2.3 hectares and having a monthly income
of less than VND 300,000 have received training in technologies and
methods to make bio-gas from water hyacinths and processing the aquatic
plant for aquaculture silage, and compost.

With an initial investment of VND5-10 million (€200-400) to make biogas
digesters, a household can earn an additional income of VND1-2 million a
month and produce their own fuel.

The project is expected to wrap up in October this year."

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/06/854719/


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