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Opportunities for Practice Change
Stimulating policy change for reduction of SLCPs by engaging farmers and local stakeholders in proper management and maintenance of bio-digesters and slurry from livestock manure
Location: Ethiopia
Period: 2015
Impact area: Policy Development and Knowledge exchange, Awareness creation and Capacity building
Opportunity:
The Ministry of Water and Energy and of Agriculture develop a coherent manure policy including training elements of bio-digester maintenance and integrated manure management leading to proper manure application.
The OPC is additional to current programs of the Ethiopian government.
Activities:
- Meetings with policy workers from three ministries (agriculture, energy and health);
- Field trips to show practical problems and advantages of manure application for crops;
- Trainings for extension workers and biogas technicians.
Implementer:
- Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy (National Biogas Program)
Contact Regional Centre: Asaah Ndambi (A.Ndambi@cgiar.org)
> Factsheet (august 2015)
