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This data was taken in the early nineties. By now, There are over 20 million cows in Nigeria. The dung of these cows can produce 600,000 Megawatt hours of electricity.

However; the best way we can achieve this is to create and provide ranches in each State to ensure safe grazing of cows and easy collection of their dungs to produce Bioenergy - Electricity, Biogas and Fertilizers.

The ranching of our cows will not only provide us with these clean energies; it will also put an end to the insecurity challenges that results from the clash between herdsmen and the locals.

We are indeed in the position to start utilizing natural solutions to the societal challenges which we face.

What solution are you capable of providing?

"...You should have one. What is it?"

Think for a second about what you have just read.

THE AVAILABILITY OF BIOMASS RAW MATERIAL IN NIGERIA AND ITS
IMPLICATION

Nigeria is blessed with a lot of livestock. A project carried out by Federal Government of Nigeria and the World Bank, gave the most reliable estimate of Nigerian total livestock population.

The estimate was based on standardised, systematic methods of sampling and combined estimates from both the 1990 traditional sector survey and the 1992 survey of commercial livestock enterprises thus; ���

Biogas programmes are growing in many other parts of the world, such as Vietnam, Brazil and Tanzania etc.

Conclusively, biogas plants can work well for many years, provided that they are constructed well and checked regularly.

Nigeria can do better in methane production project. There are enough animal herds in the country and these animals can produce enough dung for methane production. Many more rural areas can go by dung-based methane production especially for household need. This will not only serve the individuals, but will save the nation a lot in both power generation, and socio economic issues.

Biogas already serves about one million people (4% ofthe population of Nepal), and the biogas sector provides about 11,000 permanent jobs in the country. If anyone needed to be convinced that 'small scale can be big' then they need look no further!

The above discussed projects are only but few among numerous biogas plants across the world. In fact, the number of biogas plants currently in use is difficult to estimate. Nepal, with about 170,000
biogas plants in 2008 has the largest per capita use. India had an estimated 2 million plants in use in 2000.

A reference was made to Mrs Mitha Koirala who uses her biogas plant for cooking and lighting in Sarangot near Pokhara. Ashden Award winner Biogas Sector Partnership has however coordinates a programme which has sold over 170,000 biogas plants throughout rural Nepal.

Literature showed that biogas plants has replaced nearly all the use of fuelwood, and make cooking easier, cleaner and safer in
Nepal. It also provides safer lightning in about 20% of houses as well.

Ram Bux Singh however noted that methane production is not just a dream, but a practical application and use of a waste product and pointed out that India already has around 3000 biogas plants of varying sizes. Rural families in Nepal often use animal dung as the feedstock for a biogas plant.

The dung from two to four cows (or five to ten pigs) can produce enough gas for all cooking and sometimes lighting too. The family needs to feed the plant once each day with a mixture of dung and water.

The Gobar Gas Research Station being managed by Ram Bux Singh is situated in India and was founded in 1960. This Station concentrated on studying the production of methane from cow dung.
Ram Bux Singh and his colleagues have biogas plants in operation ranging in size from about 8 cubic metres per day to 500 cubic metres per day.

They have plants using heating coils, filters and mechanical agitators to test the change in efficiency, and have also tried various mixes of manure and
vegetable waste.

Methane Production using Animal Dung ; Projects and Observations.

Anaerobic digestion is a proven process to reduce offensive manure odors while potentially generating some income. Methane can be produced by anaerobic digestion of animal dung.
This is the process of
converting animal dung into useful products by micro-organisms in the absence of air. The slurry (mixture of animal dung and water) is put inside sealed tanks and naturally occurring micro-organisms digest it, releasing methane. This sealed tank is referred to as digester.

The use of animal dung to produce Bioenergy will enable local mechanization and electricity production, improve the rural standard of living, and reducing air and water pollution.

This however justifies the need to explore and encourage the use of animal dung
as a viable energy source with regards to its economic potentials.

Let us get ahead to the conversion of animal dung to useful energy.

One cow can produce enough manure in one day to generate three kilowatt hours of electricity; only 2.4 kilowatt hours of electricity is needed to power a single one hundred watt light bulb for one day. Imagine the quantity of energy that would be saved in the country by using methane. In addition, any rural households in Nigeria with methane digesters would enjoy the following benefits: saving fossil fuels, saving time collecting firewood, protecting forests, using crop residues for animal fodder instead of fuel, saving money, saving cooking time, improve hygienic conditions, producing high-quality fertilizer (for improved crop outputs).

Solution to these issues can be provided by
deploying methane as a viable energy source.

Conclusively, the use of methane presents many advantages. Methane would generate enough electricity to meet up to three percent (3%) of a continent’s electricity requirement . Methane usage could potentially reduce global climate change. By converting animal dung into Methane, the millions
of animals in Nigeria would be able to produce one hundred kilowatts hour of electricity enough to power many home across the country.

Majority of people in rural area sustain their livelihood by access to energy. Almost on daily bases, women and children undergo the stress of fetching firewood foruse at home. Worst during the fuel scarcity period, some families would withdraw their children from school for the purpose of having enough hand to fetch firewood. This does not only constitute child labour but also hinders educational development of the children.

Adding to its other advantages, methane is produced by the process of anaerobic digestion. Anaerobic digestion inactivates pathogens and parasites, and is quite effective in reducing the incidence of water pollution. Producing and using biogas will reduce the frequent burning of fossil fuel thereby reducing
air pollution since it is environmental friendly.

Insinuatingly, utilization of biogas will not only alleviate energy crisis but will equally extend its
effect to health and economic issues.

BIOMASS ENERGY GENERATION FROM ANIMAL DUNG.

Animal dung is one of the livestock materials for the production of methane. This yields pathogens, microorganism and parasites. In other words, animal dung, if not harnessed, has very high possibility of causing water pollution. Over 1.6 million people die every year due to health and respiratory effect from air and water. The air pollution in this context could be attributed to the gases released in the atmosphere during burning of fossil fuel. The use of methane proffers this solution.

The use of the generators does nothing to detract from Nigeria’s image of being one of the world’s largest producers of carbon emissions, closely associated with global warming. It therefore becomes a challenge devising alternative energy source that is sustainable, cheaper and more environmental friendly.

Promoting renewable energy efficiency in Nigeria will address this challenge.

AfroAgroPower:
Petroleum products have been the major source of energy in our country. The increased dependence on petroleum products in Nigeria has no doubt created an unfortunate scenario of lapses and setback to national development.

Even the burning of fossil fuel harms the environment by releasing green house gas in the atmosphere which causes global warming. Adding to this, the process of refining crude oil is quite expensive and requires a lot of capital it is often the case that resources for other sectors of the economy are digressed into the petroleum industry.

This obviously affects the economy of the country. However, the alternative would have been providing energy by Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). Unfortunately, the condition of the supply is quite disheartening. Worst case is in the rural communities where they hardly enjoy electricity supply despite government’s substantial investment and budgetary allocations to rural electrification projects by successive administrations in Nigeria. People who are buoyant resort to diesel-propelled generators. These are otherwise expensive and environmentally unfriendly.

BizPromoters1:
Profit Maximization is truly what every business owner needs to think about, practice and master.

You have not only enlightened me about this on agriculture; but now, I see how I can implement this strategy to my online business.

Thank you so much Sir.

" Profit Maximisation Strategies can be applied to any Business or Investment in the world. It is exactly what distinguishes the well-to-do businessperson from the not-well-to-do businessperson."

You can have all the Resources required to multiply your Millions to become Billions, but if you cannot Utilize the Wisdom of Profit Maximization; you won't be able to do so. The lack of this wisdom is why some businesses fold up within a few years of operation while few similar businesses do very well as they are being well managed by the application of The Strategies of Profit Maximization.

BizPromoters1:
Hmmmm... Very insightful and revealing.

Agriculture truly is something I must invest in this year. No more procrastination.

By now; you should have seen the Power of the Application of "Profit Maximization" and how it can help in your Agricultural Businesses and Investments.

The Percentage Profitability of Mr Anthony who is a smarter and wiser farmer to Mr Ayodeji will continue to increase sporadically as he continues to Minimize his Capital Inputs and Expenditure on catering for the feeding of his birds.

"Be a Mr Anthony, Today."
...Reason Smarter, Act Wiser.

Achieve this with www.afroagropower.

Petroleum products have been the major source of energy in our country. The increased dependence on petroleum products in Nigeria has no doubt created an unfortunate scenario of lapses and setback to national development.

Even the burning of fossil fuel harms the environment by releasing green house gas in the atmosphere which causes global warming. Adding to this, the process of refining crude oil is quite expensive and requires a lot of capital it is often the case that resources for other sectors of the economy are digressed into the petroleum industry.

B - Bioenergy.


Importance of Energy can never be overemphasized in view of human, technological and socio-economic development of a country.

Every sector of a nation requires reliable and viable sources of energy for its operation. Energy is so essential that in industrial sector, every production and manufacturing activities revolve around it. In the domestic sector, energy is used for household keeping. It is equally required in agricultural production, material processing, communication and other sectors.

We are treating The A,B,C of Agriculture.

We already have an overview of what A - Animal Husbandry is about. However; we aren't done yet with animal husbandry. There are lots of benefits still untapped rearing animals.

The excreta of animals like poultry birds, pigs, goats, cows etc are useful and can be converted to Bioenergy.

The technology behind this is very simple yet unutilized in Afrika.

However; The Percentage Profit for the next Breeding Season for Mr Anthony: (Profits)/(Running Capital)× 100

= (3,300,000 naira)/(200,000 naira)× 100
Percentage Profits for Mr Anthony for the next breeding season = 1,650%
Percentage Profits for Mr Anthony = 1,650% (For the next breeding season).

"Any Business that can generate over 1000% profit in a space of 3 Months is a Better Business."

hayool:
Pls help me on mini importation sir

I have started with a progressive online teaching on the financial vowels of wealth; A,E,I,O,U.

The Financial Vowels of Wealth relates the natural and easy way for youth to acquire, build and create wealth through:

A - Agriculture,

E - Exportation,

I - Importation,

O - Organization,

U - Unionism.


I will be teaching about Importation when I get to the stage.

Anyone who wants to learn the ropes of being financially independent should take Agriculture, Exportation and Importation seriously with the Wisdom of Organizing a Union of the Right People as team members.


Below is the thread link to guide you.

https://www.nairaland.com/5646212/achieving-wealth-using-financial-vowels

Percentage Profit for the next Breeding Season for Mr Ayodeji: (Profits)/(Running Capital)× 100

= (2,425,000 naira)/(1,075,000 naira)× 100
Percentage Profits for Mr Ayodeji for the next breeding season = 225.58%
Percentage Profits for Mr Ayodeji = 225.58% (For the next breeding season).

Any Business that can generate 225.58% profits is a Good Business.

Note: Mr Anthony's 2 Hectares Farm of feed stock density of over 5 Metric Tonnes will very much cater for feeding the new 1,000 birds.Still assuming the cost of getting new stock of 1,000 birds for Mr Anthony is likewise 200,000 naira. For the next Breeding Season;
Profits for Mr Anthony: (Returns On Investment) - (Capital)
= 3,500,000 naira - 200,000naira
= 3,300,000 naira

Profits for Mr Anthony = 3,300,000 naira. (For the next breeding season).

Assuming cost of getting new stock of 1,000 birds is 200,000 naira (that is every bird cost 200 naira); For the next Breeding Season;
Profits for Mr Ayodeji: (Returns On Investment) - (Capital)
= 3,500,000 naira - (200,000 + 875,000)naira
Profits for Mr Ayodeji for the next breeding season = 3,500,000 - 1,075,000 naira

Profits for Mr Ayodeji = 2,425,000 naira. (For the next breeding season).

The Percentage Profit for Mr Anthony = (Profit)/(Capital) × 100

= (2,100,000)/(1,400,000) × 100 = 150%

The Percentage Profit for Mr Anthony for the first breeding season after a duration of 3 months = 150%

The Percentage Profit for consequent breeding seasons for Mr Anthony will spontaneously increase as there will be no cost incurred for buying feeds for the next 1,000 birds for the next breeding season.

Profits = Returns on Investment - (Total Capital on housing + Feeding);

Profits For Mr Ayodeji;

Profits = 3,500,000 naira - (1,000,000 + 875,000) naira = 1,625,000 naira.

Profits For Mr Anthony;
Profits = 3,500,000 naira - ( 1,000,000 + 400,000) naira = 2,100,000 naira

I need not ask which of the poultry farmer is a smarter farmer.

Mr Anthony will make more money than Mr Ayodeji in the long run with the strategy of profit maximization which he has applied.

Provided both farmers sell each of their birds at 3,500 naira; both farmers will realise 3,500,000 naira as their Returns On Investment on selling 1,000 birds.

However; Mr Anthony's capital investment is lower.

Mr Anthony, on the other hand is able to use 400,000 naira to acquire 2 hectares of land on lease to grow his crops (Maize & Soybeans) to produce his feeds through the financial wisdom he acquired from www.afroagropower. saving him 600,000 naira from the 1 Million naira he has for feeds.

2 hectares of maize and soybeans will not only cater for the first 1,000 birds of Mr Anthony; it will cater for over 3,000 birds during the next breeding season as over 5 Metric Tonnes of crops will be produced on a land of 2 hectares.

On the other hand, the second farmer; Mr Anthony invested his 1 million naira sum on cultivating maize and soybeans which are the major constituent crops of poultry feeds.
Mr Anthony produces his own poultry feeds on 2 hectares of land.

At the average of price buying a 25KG bag of poultry feed for 3,500 naira in the market, Mr Ayodeji spends 875,000 naira on purchasing 250 bags of poultry feeds to cater for his 1,000 birds till maturity for a duration of 3 months.

There are two poultry farmers who have 2 million naira to invest in poultry farming for the production and consumption of their meat.

Under the same management conditions; one of the farmers; both farmers decide to invest 1 million naira each on buying their broiler birds and taking care of the housing and other necessary facilities.

One of the farmers; Mr Ayodeji then decides to use his leftover 1 million naira to purchase animal feeds to cater for the daily eating of his broiler birds.