Agricultural waste ,wealth creation and economic growth..

Nigeria with a population of about 184 635 279 people generate a large amount of domestic waste and human waste,which most of the time are improperly disposed leading to environmental pollution and degradation. Communities and states that have agrarian economy accumulate more waste from their livestock and agricultural produce. 

The management of such wastes are inadequate as more and more people pollute water bodies because of runoff into water and also because of emptying the waste on land,thus creating wastelands which are breeding sites for diseases,but also are massive contributors to environmental pollution. These wastelands are poise environmental and health hazards to man and animals. The poor waste management takes its toll on environment and evokes climate changes because of emissions from these waste that are released to the environment. The proper management of human waste, animal and agricultural waste can be a goldmine which produces electricity,gas ,fertilizer and heat. 

The establishment of a biogas plant will provide jobs, clean environment and increase profit margin of industries as less money will be required to run factories and industries,this will invariably lead to economic growth and industrialization. 

 The generation of energy from waste is done in an anaerobic digester called a bio gas,the process is simple and comes with myriads of benefits. The biogas plant provides a cheap source of energy which is renewable. 

The methane gas generated is used for cooking,the slurry generated from the digestion is a very valuable fertilizer very profitable for vegetable farmers.The biogas plant also generates cheap source of electricity to power up homes and industry. A 2.4m3 biogas plant that uses 34kg of poultry waste from 350 birds, mixed with water provides 6 hours of continuous gas supply daily that can be used for lighting and cooking. If a small capacity biogas can produce 6hours of electricity continuously, what do you think will be the result from the millions of poultry,pigs and cattle that we rear in the country or the wasted agricultural produce in the country? The answer is continuous power generation,more jobs,clean environment and more money in the bank. #Agriculture #fertilizer #vegetables #farmers #power