[Stoves] Biochar Production and Its Use in Rural Bangladesh (Documentary with English Subtitles)

[Julien Winter]

Hi All;

The short documentary on the Akha TLUD and biochar in Bangladesh has been
uploaded to YouTube with subtitles in English.  The Akha-Biochar project
was made possible with funding from  Kerk in Actie  and ICCO-Cooperation,
Netherlands, placed into the capable hands of rural extension specialists
working for the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh, Dhaka.

The link for the video is hear: https://youtu.be/ujqza-NDy4I
The blurb for the video is as follows:

"Biochar Production in Bangladesh" is a short documentary made by ATN in
the summer of 2017 describing the recent introduction of TLUD and biochar
technology in Bangladesh.  The “Akha” TLUD stove plays a critical role by
providing an environmentally sustainable way to make biochar available to
rural households.  This project has features that make it unique.

(1) The Akha was designed locally for rural Bangladesh.  It is intended to
made by small businesses, enabling local employment.  This is a flat rather
than hierarchical business model.

(2) There is an essential synergy between the TLUD and biochar
technologies, and the technologies are introduced to the public
simultaneously.  Around the World, there is a long history of failed
‘improved’ cookstove projects.  The Akha has to be viable stove in its own
right, but the biochar may be a critically enabler of uptake by the public.

(3) There are many collaborators and multi-stakeholder participation:
stove-makers, households, farmers, agri-service businesses, and Government
and university researchers.  Diverse hands are working to develop these
technologies for Bangladesh.

(4) Bangladesh has special circumstances that make these technologies
extremely relevant: a need to reduce exposure of women to smoke; a need to
conserve fuel; high population density; the productivity of fertile soils
limited by low soil organic matter; a productive climate allowing for three
crops per year; a desire to reduce the need for imported chemical
fertilizer.

Of particular concern is the need to increase food production to compensate
for land lost to rising sea levels in the Bay of Bengal.

This project is a work in progress.  Improvements are being made to the
design of the Akha and the use of biochar.  Progress can be followed at
www.biochar-bangladesh.org

Cheers,
Julien.

-- 
Julien Winter
Cobourg, ON, CANADA
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