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The Nepal Biogas Support Program is a project helps poor Nepalese farmers to build household size biogas plants that provide fuel for cooking and lighting. Biogas is a flammable gas that is a byproduct of anaerobic decay of organic matter. Biogas digersters are typically fueled with cow manure, but can also be connected to latrines. Two additional advantages are that fermentation kills germs, so… Continue

In my community food security is not issue, but that does not mean that people are not dying from laco kf adequate nutrition. Very few people where I live are not able to afford decent and nutritious food, but that doesn’t mean they do

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My wife works at the development market place (and is a facebook friend), so I don't need Twitter to be aware what is going on there.

While I agree with most, if not all, what was said in the Innovation in Africa tips blog post, my personal lesson in life is that you seldom succeed if you set out to be innovative. Ethan is right, good innovation comes mostly from constraint (and sometimes from opportunity or from just taking stuff and using it for something else than the intended purpose). However, most of what drives the world forward is not necessarily impressive or even new. Often small adjustments have a huge impacts or… Continue