The proposed goal of the programme is to improve the livelihoods and quality of life of rural farmers in Tanzania through exploiting the market and non-market benefits of domestic biogas. By the end of the first phase (5 years) of the programme:
- 12,000 new biogas plants will be built nationwide;
- Over 95% of the constructed biogas plants are operated properly;
- 80% of the biogas households will have facilities that enable proper bio-slurry use, and;
- 100% of the biogas plants will have a second inlet pipe to allow future toilet connection

Expected Results by 2013:



Salient Features

The Tanzania Biogas Programme as proposed hereunder intends to lay out a robust foundation for the establishment of a commercially viable domestic biogas sector. In concept, the domestic biogas sector can be segmented in a demand and supply side whereby the main responsibility of the sector’s supply side is to establish a commercially viable biogas sector that provides “off the shelf” high quality biogas installations and ensures the continued operation of all biogas plants installed under the programme and whereby the demand side of the sector will be involved in organizing the potential target group to increase public awareness of the technology, provide credit to prospective biogas households, stimulate optimum use of the installations, and to integrate the technology in rural development.. The core of the primary process is in the commercial interaction between the (prospective) biogas household and the Biogas Construction Enterprise (BCE), in which both parties aim to maximize their returns. The first party by demanding the best possible service level at the lowest possible costs, the latter aiming for high profit and future market penetration.

Salient features of the programme include:

Scope: The proposal uses a time horizon of 10 years to establish a commercially viable biogas sector. Within this planning horizon, a first phase of 5 years is proposed, aiming to construct 12,000 domestic biogas installations.

Sectoral approach: The programme will strongly promote an approach in which Government, non-government and private sector organizations, in a complementary fashion assume those programme functions that intrinsically fit to the character of their organization. To that extent the sector is disentangled in a supply and demand side in which the supply side ensures “off-the-shelf- availability” of the technology and the demand side organizes the beneficiaries, provides microfinance, promotes the technology and integrates it into rural development activities.

Programme facilitation: A National Biogas Steering Committee, with representatives of all major stakeholders, will provide the conducive policy environment for the programme.

Programme support and coordination: The Tanzania Biogas Programme Office (TBP-Office), hosted by CAMARTEC, will act as an autonomous entity, responsible for coordination and management of the support activities.

Private sector: Introducing the private sector, as biogas construction (micro-) enterprises, in the primary process of the programme (construction, after sales service, primary user training).

Credit: In view of the significant construction costs, households are expected to need credit assistance for their investment. The programme will broker credit conditions suitable for financing a long term investment that is not directly income generating. The programme will seek cooperation with regular (micro-) credit institutions.

Quality management: Service quality will be condition sine-qua-non for user confidence and, subsequently, for promotion of the technology. Precise control of the quality of construction, after sales and extension services will not only safeguard the investment of the farmer and enable the farmer to maximize the benefits of the investment. It will also level the playing field for aspiring biogas companies to operate on the emerging market. The quality management system will be compatible with quality assurance certification and CDM registration.

Training: Both at supply and demand side of the sector large-scale dissemination experience on domestic biogas is very limited. The programme will invest significantly in training. On the supply side of the market -to ensure that dissemination skills are as much as possible available locally- and on the demand side -to ensure households understand the operation and maintenance of their plants sufficiently and apply bio-slurry to their best advantage.

Programme financing: The programme will explore the opportunities of carbon-financing to improve its financial and programmatic sustainability.

TDBP Core Activities

	Component	Specific objective
1	Promotion	To stimulate demand, informing beneficiaries and stakeholders on costs and benefits of domestic biogas.
2	Financing
	Investment subsidy	To lower the financial threshold of an investment in a domestic biogas installation and to create a mechanism for quality management.
	Credit	To provide accessible and affordable loans for biogas investment
	Carbon revenue	To utilize carbon revenue resulting from the GHG emission reduction of biogas plants constructed under the programme to establish a financially-sustainable national domestic biogas sector.
3	Construction & After Sales Service	To facilitate the construction of 12,000 domestic biogas-plants and ensure their continued operation.
4	Quality Management	To maximise the effectiveness of the investment made by the biogas owners and to maintain consumer confidence in domestic biogas technology. To create a level playing field for participating Biogas Construction Enterprises To safeguard the carbon-revenue of the programme
5	Training	To provide the skills to Biogas Construction Enterprises to run market biogas services To provide skills to biogas users to operate their plants effectively.
6	Extension	To provide the information enabling biogas users to effectively exploit all the benefits of biogas.
7	Institutional Support	To maximise the ability of sector stakeholders to provide the services and support required by the biogas sector to facilitate access and development of quality biogas products.
8	Monitoring & Evaluation	To identify project progress and impact on stakeholders/other aspects in order to facilitate knowledge transfer.
9	Research & Development	To increase knowledge about domestic biogas issues to maximise effectiveness, quality and service delivery of the biogas programme.
10	Programme Management	To support, coordinate and supervise the activities driving the development of a commercially viable biogas sector.

• Back to top
• Print this page
• Recommend this page