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Bioslurry: a Supreme Fertiliser . Agriculture and Climate Change.

Harry Clemens, Hivos

Global Landscapes Forum, Lima, 6 December 2014 Making the case for organic farming and for a low external input sustainable agriculture as climate-smart landscape solutions

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•  Investment cost: Asia USD 350-800 Africa USD 600-1000

•  Life: > 20 years •  Gas use: cooking & lighting •  Bio-slurry: organic fertiliser

•  Design: fixed dome (4-13m³) •  Local materials & resources •  Feeding: livestock manure &

human excreta (> 20 kg daily)

Multiple Benefits Multiple Benefits

Bio-slurry =

Supreme Fertiliser

•  application: liquid, dried or composted •  6 m3 digester: 15 tons of slurry/year,

enough for 1 ha, or +/- 3 ha, if composted with organic waste

•  increase of around 25% crop revenues

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Carbon Finance Gold Standard Energy & Agriculture

Ø  AGRICULTURE Ø  Methodology under development to measure ER

effect of bio-slurry : (soil carbon sequestration & fertilizer replacement) -> bio-slurry liquid application, dried or composted

Indonesia & Kenya, ENERGY: 1)  Kenya Domestic Biogas Project registered at CDM as

a Renewable Energy ER project in 2012 2)  Indonesia Domestic Biogas Project registered at

Voluntary Gold Standard (TPDDTEC) in 2013 On average ER: 4 ton CO2 / household

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Carbon Finance: Gold Standard Agriculture

Methodology development by Soil & More Ø  Methodological White Paper Ø  Bioslurry user survey Ø  Feasibility study Indonesia Domestic Biogas

Programme baseline, project basic, project plus scenario carbon impact 2,4 – 5,3 tCO2/ha

Multiple Benefits

Environment

Energy

Health & sanitation

Agriculture Economy

Landscape +