Wood Energy Catalogue

Promoting sustainable bush processing value chains in Namibia

2017
  2021
Region
Africa
Countries of implementation
Namibia

This project aims at strengthening important sources of food and income through stimulating utilization of invasive bush species as animal feed, charcoal or other woodfuels, among others.

It is implemented in two phases: phase 1 (Aug 2017 – Mar 2018) delivered a viability analysis – Strategic Action Program – that recommends investing in a demonstration plant to test actual viability, the technology, and to enable fine tuning and refining the products and business model; phase 2 (Apr 2018 – Nov 2020) entails the planning, facility start-up, and testing of the demonstration plant.

Keywords
Namibia, invasive species, bush encroachment, charcoal, woodchips, woodfuel, value chain, business development, viability analysis, land degradation
Type of initiatives
Program or Project
Program/Project Sub category
Effective governance, Resource/supply enhancement, Conversion efficiency improvement, Efficient utilization
Level of intervention
National
Responsible agencies
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development (MITSMED) of Namibia; …
Funding agency
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland; Baobab Growth Fund (Pty) Ltd.
Budget
USD 

1884752