Catalogue Bois Énergie

Bush Control and Biomass Utilization in Namibia

2013
  2021
Région
Africa
Pays de mise en œuvre
Namibia

The objective of the project is to ensure economic utilization of biomass from controlled bush thinning of pastureland has improved through the following actions:

- Creates a framework for bush control and biomass utilization.

- Strengthens the capacity of the competent authorities to better approve and monitor the extraction of bush biomass.

- Advises farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on finance and sustainable bush-control and biomass-use measures

- Introduces innovative technologies for the extraction and processing of bush biomass.

The project supports an advisory service, which serves as a national information platform and focal point for questions relating to bush control and value addition opportunities for bush encroachment. It helps address information needs of famers interested in bush control and biomass utilization and connect operators of and investors in bush biomass operations.

Mots clés
Namibia, bush control, biomass utilization, pastureland, innovative technologies, charcoal, wood chips, value chain, de-bushing, invasive species, Prosopis, pastureland, fuelwood, animal feed, biomass power plant, resource assessment
Type d'initiatives
Programme ou projet
Sous-catégorie programme/projet
Gouvernance efficace, Amélioration des ressources / de l’approvisionnement, Amélioration de l'efficacité de conversion, Utilisation efficace
Niveau d'intervention
National
Agences responsables
Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF, Namibia); GIZ
Organisme de financement
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Budget
EUR 

14000000