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    Brazil Biogas-Fired Cocoa Bean Drying in A Settlement Community

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    The document describes a project to install a biogas-fired cocoa bean dryer in a resettlement community in Brazil's threatened Atlantic Coastal Rainforest. The project aims to reduce deforestation by using biogas from animal manure instead of firewood to dry cocoa beans. It trained community members to build and maintain the biogas system. Initial results include producing 1,500 cubic meters of biogas and applying 80,000 liters of biofertilizer to organic crops. The project promotes sustainable cocoa farming and forest protection.

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    The document describes a project to install a biogas-fired cocoa bean dryer in a resettlement community in Brazil's threatened Atlantic Coastal Rainforest. The project aims to reduce deforestation by using biogas from animal manure instead of firewood to dry cocoa beans. It trained community members to build and maintain the biogas system. Initial results include producing 1,500 cubic meters of biogas and applying 80,000 liters of biofertilizer to organic crops. The project promotes sustainable cocoa farming and forest protection.

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    The document describes a project to install a biogas-fired cocoa bean dryer in a resettlement community in Brazil's threatened Atlantic Coastal Rainforest. The project aims to reduce deforestation by using biogas from animal manure instead of firewood to dry cocoa beans. It trained community members to build and maintain the biogas system. Initial results include producing 1,500 cubic meters of biogas and applying 80,000 liters of biofertilizer to organic crops. The project promotes sustainable cocoa farming and forest protection.

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    BIOGAS-FIRED COCOA BEAN DRYER IN SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY

    RATIONALE

    Brazil is home to one of the most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems,


    the Atlantic Coastal Rainforest, an internationally-recognized hotspot of
    environmental importance. As a result of human activity, only 7% of this
    forest remains, and despite Brazilian legislation prohibiting it, the
    deforestation continues. Cocoa farming is one of the regions principal
    economic activities and one of the main culprits, as wood from the native
    forest is used for drying cocoa beans. Growing at a rate of 40% per year,
    cocoa production is exerting growing pressure on a rainforest already
    facing extinction. The large number of landless resettlement communities
    located in the region makes matters worse. Once families are resettled on
    Project Title: land, it is common practice to cut down the most valuable trees to sell for
    timber, clearing the rest for firewood and to make room for planting low-
    Biogas-Fired Cocoa Bean Dryer in value, staple crops such as manioc.
    Settlement Community
    Program Area: Clean Energy Winrock is applying a strategy that promotes peaceful co-existence
    between cocoa producers and the rainforest. With the help of the local
    Country: Brazil
    NGO Jupar, a resettlement community had adopted ecologically sound
    Project Length: agriculture practices and had even obtained Organic certification for its
    October 2003-September 2005 cocoa beans, but it continued to chop down the rainforest for fuel. Winrock
    developed an innovative solution that is helping to solve the problem, and
    Funding: one that is highly replicable for cocoa drying farms throughout the region
    U.S. Agency for International (numbering approximately 28,000, of which over 80% are small-scale).
    Development under the Energia
    Produtiva Program OBJECTIVES
    Contact: Renata Valladares
    The goal of the project is to substitute wood from the native forest with
    Telephone: +55 (71) 3273-6100 biogas for fueling cocoa bean drying at the Cascata rural settlement. The
    E-mail: [email protected] project also aims to improve organic cocoa cultivation through the use of
    biofertilizer manufactured in situ. This community of 40 formerly landless
    families, many of whom had spent seven years living along the side of a
    highway, now enjoys higher income and a sustainable livelihood, co-
    existing with the Atlantic Rainforest.

    ACTIVITIES

    The two-year project has been implemented at the Cascata settlement


    community located in the Atlantic Coastal Rainforest 400 km south of
    Salvador. Municipality of Aurelino Leal, state of Bahia, Brazil. Winrock
    identified the potential for developing a biodigestion project using animal
    manure, designed and installed a system, then trained the community in
    installation, operation and maintenance. Several stakeholders have joined
    the initiative: Sansuy Plasticos SA, Latin Americas largest flexible PVC
    film manufacturer (providing equipment and technical support); the local
    NGO, Jupar (community mobilization and information dissemination); and
    Brazils Institute for Land Reform, INCRA (replication strategies).

    ACCOMPLISHMENTS

    Project results to date include: 1,500 m3 of biogas produced and 80,000


    liters of biofertilizer applied to organic crops. Project impacts: capacity built
    within the community to install and operate appropriate technology;
    dissemination of low-cost fuel alternative to firewood; strengthening of
    ecologically-sound agriculture. Strong Brazil federal government interest.

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