Abstract
A joint project between West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), the University of Lomé and the German Biomass Research Center (Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum; DBFZ) was initiated in 2020. The project aims at evaluating alternative and regenerative energy sources for rural areas and creating the basis for successful implementation. In three different work packages, therefore, biomass potentials should be quantified, technologies should be examined with regard to their suitability and - in the case of biogas application - a research structure, pilot biogas laboratory, should be created that is necessary to enable the sustainable implementation of technologies.
Highlights
Togo is one of the West African countries that is establishing research activities for sustainable development in the context of the German-African research cooperation West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL)
The development of research infrastructure and transfer of knowledge for the bioenergetic use of agricultural, forestry and organic residues are essential in order to implement measures against climate change and to significantly reduce deforestation or, at best, to stop it
Open geospatial data products derived from Global Forest Watch (GFW) as well as the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IPFRI) global database on 42 spatially-disaggregated crop production statistics are used to determine locations exposed to significant tree cover losses and intense utilization of farm land
Summary
Togo is one of the West African countries that is establishing research activities for sustainable development in the context of the German-African research cooperation West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL). Biomass potentials should be quantified, technologies should be examined with regard to their suitability and - in the case of biogas application - a research structure should be created that is necessary to enable the sustainable implementation of technologies. Work package 1: Analysis of the potential system contribution of biogenic resources. Work package 1 aims at a comprehensive systematic assessment of the expected impacts that the technologies considered in the project would achieve if they were established on a broad scale in Togo. Three main activities have been defined: Acquisition of spatial information on biomass availability, assessment of suitable technologies and estimation of potential GHG emission savings
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