BioPower. BioPower = Em power the dryland poor to benefit from the bio -energy revolution.
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Transcript of BioPower. BioPower = Em power the dryland poor to benefit from the bio -energy revolution.
How?
1. Biofuel crops that the poor can grow
2. Crops that produce food, feed and fuel
3. Increase productivity so food rides the biofuel wave
4. Pro-poor, income-boosting feedstock supply chains
5. Non-food biofuel crops that grow in wastelands
6. Use bio-energy crops to improve soil and land
Farmgate Value of Sweet Sorghum Products, Andhra Pradesh, India, Rainy Season Crop (Rusni model)
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Green stalk Mature stalk Grain Mature stalk+ grain
Non-hybrids
Hybrids
4. Pro-poor, income-boosting feedstock supply chains
Pongamia for biodiesel – women profit from seedling nurseries
Bioethanol processing
6. Use bio-energy crops to improve soil and land
Degraded laterite
Nutrient and water-poor sandy soils
Integrate fuelwood into
farming systems – rehabilitate land, reduce
women’s laborAmple fuelwood
Sahelian EcoFarm (SEF)
Hardy Acacia trees
Chicken feed
Trees lopped
1. Increase rural bio-energy
self-reliance
and income
2. Alleviate poverty through pro-poor biofuel
markets
3. Bio-energy
knowledge
sharing: share the
wealth
BioPower Priority Areas
Research-for-Development!