Seeing the wood for the trees in Uganda

摘要

Ugandan social enterprise Eco Fuel Africa (EFA) has come up with an innovative method for turning agricultural waste into clean biomass energy, leading the way on how to cope with emissions and rampant deforestation from wood fuel usage in this agriculturally dependent East African nation. EFA uses coffee husks, corn cobs, ground nut shells, sugarcane waste, and rice husks to make clean and affordable briquettes. The briquettes are a carbon-neutral cooking fuel that functions the same as wood fuel, but is highly efficient, cleaner, smokeless, and burns longer. They address one of the largest causes of emissions and deforestation, while also improving household health in Uganda.