Sanitary and health conditions improve and the quality of nutrition is enhanced by an improved energy availability. Through the provision of lighting and the reduction of time-consuming fuel gathering cultural and educational activities are supported. Employment, professional qualification and overall food supply of the local population can be improved as well. But biogas technology can also contribute to an accentuation of existing differences in family income and property . Establishing community-level biogas systems is a way to ensure that the technology benefits a greater number of residents.
Biogas technology is linked to the atmospheric budgets of many greenhouse gases .
Another major environmental target is the mitigation of deforestation and soil erosion through the substitution of firewood as an energy source. The macro-economic benefits from biogas use in this field should be approached within the scope of the specific condition in the household energy sector and possible alternative protection measures. GTZ Homepage Biogas Contents Recherche Hyperlinks Feedback GATE in GTZ GmbH , Eschborn, Germany.