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Farmers tipped on using technology to produce biogas for clean, safe energy

29 May 2024, 12:09 pm

By Philip Onyango 

Amidst the fight against environmental pollution and increasing income of the poor, the Ugandan government has been urged to launch a universal biogas scheme.

The request comes as a non-government organisation Sistema-bio launched a program to provide farmers in the country with the technology used to produce biogas. Farmers from Fort Portal City who have this system are happy that it has helped them get cooking gas, fertilizers from the biogas and no longer cut down trees to get firewood.

Speaking to journalists, Cox Nnyakairu former RDC of Kyegegwa district and now a proficient farmer said biogas is very good, and one can completely get out of poverty due to its multipurpose usage.

Nnyakairu said it is time for the government to work with agencies like Sistema-bio to educate and provide people with the use of biogas as it reduces environmental damage and improves agricultural outputs.

A woman demonstrating skills on using biogas.

Meanwhile,  Felix Okello Atube the Sistema-bio relationships manager said that since the introduction of the Sistema-Bio gas system in Uganda by 2022 in areas like Fort Portal City, Mbarara City and Mitooma district, citizens no longer cut down trees to get firewood for cooking but instead diverted to grazing cattle to get dung that is used to produce biogas which is also used as fertilizer in their gardens. Over 50 people in the eastern region of Uganda are changing their lives and they expect by 2025 at least over 10,000 farmers will be using biogas.

Cox Nnyakairu demonstrating how the biogas digester works.