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Conference and Policy Debate on 'Bio-energy Sustainability Schemes-An
African Perspective' (COMPETE) 16-18 June 2008 at the Ngurdoto Mountain
Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania
The
use of bio-energy has come to the fore most recently as a result of the
concept of it being used to mitigate climate change. In order to discuss
further on this concept, TaTEDO (Tanzania Traditional energy Development
and environment organization) in collaboration with the Imperial Collage
of London and WIP of Germany conducted an International Conference and
Policy Debate on 'Bio-Energy Sustainability Schemes- An African
Perspective’, which took place in Arusha, Tanzania on the 16-17 June
2008.
The
conference was organised in the framework of the project ‘Competence
Platform on Energy Crops and
Agro forestry Systems for Arid- and
Semi-arid Ecosystems - Africa (COMPETE). The objective of
the COMPETE project was to establish a platform for policy dialogue and
capacity building and identify pathways for the sustainable provision of
bio-energy.
The
conference focused on the possible negative social and environmental
implications, especially with regards to land competition, questions
about the reduction of emissions in practice and the ‘fuel versus
food' debate. Some of these implications are related to either the lack
of policy or policies that do not encompass sustainable development.
Although there is no single policy or measure, which can provide
a total solution, there is need for immediate action.
African
countries are willing to engage in the “bio-energy sector” in part
by replacing the traditional use of biomass with more modern forms
whilst ensuring that they can fulfils their own energy needs, although
it will be necessary to meet sustainability assurance (environmental,
social and economic) and incorporate it into local policy and
governance.
During
the second day of the conference, the participants had a field trip to
Leguruki. Leguruki is a village where TaTEDO has installed bio-energy
technologies facilitating rural electrification and efficient energy
utilisation.
The conference was followed by COMPETE internal meeting held on
18 June 2008.
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Liquid Biofuels: Pertinent Issues. Small holder farmers and Biofuel development Potential in Tanzania (by E.N. Sawe)
There has been a growing interest in liquid biofuels, worldwide over the past few years, mostly due to rising price of fossil fuels, concerns over the rising CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, expected depletion of world oil reserves and the fact that liquid biofuels are blendable with fossil fuels and are compatible with current vehicles and distribution infrastructure.
Liquid biofuels development
opportunities could be approached in different ways, i.e. small holder
farmers organized in associations and cooperatives, these are farmers,
each with less than 10 hectares, large -scale farmers through plantation
who should essentially be local investors, a combination of a
large-scale farmers in partnership with smallholder farmers through
contract farming arrangements.
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