Bioenergy cross cutting issues

Executed by: NIRAS-LTS partnered with Aston University, E4tech and AIGUASOL

Reliance on solid-fuel cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a large and growing problem.

The Netherlands Programme Sustainable Biomass (NPSB) was developed to gain experience in the production and certification of sustainable, based on practical experiences. The NPSB programme has run from 2008 to the end of 2013.

The project “Towards Sustainability Certification of Jatropha Bio-fuels in Mozambique” aims to build up knowledge for future certification of Jatropha bio-fuels through a benchmark pilot sustainability assessment of three Jatropha produc

This report is the End-report of the project Jatropha oil for local development in Mozambique, which was executed from January 2007 until December 2010.

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Basicamente, o processo de aquisição do óleo de sementes oleaginosas é tão antigo quanto à humanidade.

A colheita das sementes Jatropha é um processo difícil, devido às características da Jatroph amadurecimento dos frutos.

Este capítulo discute os aspectos da criação e gestão de um plantio de Jatropha (pinhão-manso) em pequena escala (0,5 a 5 ha.).

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