{"id":2632,"date":"2021-03-01T15:26:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T23:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cf.iisd.net\/savi\/?post_type=savi-project&#038;p=2632"},"modified":"2021-03-01T15:31:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T23:31:59","slug":"why-investing-in-biogas-energy-generation-and-compost-production-is-a-pragmatic-recovery-plan-for-rural-communities-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"savi-project","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/project\/why-investing-in-biogas-energy-generation-and-compost-production-is-a-pragmatic-recovery-plan-for-rural-communities-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Investing in Biogas Energy Generation and Compost Production Is a Pragmatic Recovery Plan for Rural Communities in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This What-If simulation estimates the costs and societal benefits from investing in biogas energy generation and compost production based on pig manure reuse in a rural community in Ghana. The simulation results serve to inform the Green Climate Fund and other public donors and investors whether such investments should be targeted by sustainable recovery financing.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This What-If simulation explores whether investing in biogas energy generation and compost production from pig manure reuse could be considered by the Green Climate Fund for (concessional) financing and\/or other financial and non-financial support measures for sustainable and climate-resilient community development in Ghana in light of the economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conducted assessment consists of the following two components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A valuation of the costs and benefits of investing in biogas energy generation based on reusing pig manure.<\/li><li>A valuation of the costs and benefits of investing in compost production based on reusing pig manure to replace chemical fertilizer use in the rural community in Ghana.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainable-recovery.iisd.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/savi-sustainable-recovery-ghana-biogas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>full report<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;for detailed simulation results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This What-If simulation estimates the costs and societal benefits from investing in biogas energy generation and compost production based on pig manure reuse in a rural community in Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"project_cat":[5,4],"class_list":["post-2632","savi-project","type-savi-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_cat-biomass","project_cat-energy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/savi-project\/2632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/savi-project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/savi-project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/savi-project\/2632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/savi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_cat?post=2632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}