Biogas come to the help of Ugandan cattle-herders

For the cattle-herders of Uganda's Karamoja region, a new system is keeping home fires burning and saves women from attacks by rival clans.

It is pilot UNICEF scheme to produce biogas for cooking stoves. It is hoped that the technology can be scaled up across the region as a source of fuel that could help reduce the strain on the environment.

Malcolm Webb reports from northern Uganda.

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[goney3]

I heard somewhere that the European e-coli scare was traced back to a bio-reactor that was being used to also fertilize fields afterwords, I hope the Ugandans take precautions to not taint their food supply or feed into the creation of more dangerous virus's and bacteria through natural selection. I am happy they can cook, and I hope this technology gets developed further and improved.

[roxanneworld11]

Good story - thanks for bringing it to us...& praying they get the rest of what they need, to live well & safely.

[AOGIJO]

This is not new technology, people in India have been doing this for decades. Seen it with my own eyes.

[thedetective22]

this is really disturbin !!

[SgtPiggie]

If I fart in your general direction, it will give you power.

[allgoo19]

@baburo101 "Can human crap do the same?"

I think it can but less efficiently.

It's probably better with vegetable eating animal waste. The amount from cows are far bigger too.

But who knows, human waste maybe considered good alternative energy source in the future.

[baburo101]

@baburo101

what's google?

[AkiraBergman]

@baburo101 Yes. Just Google it.

[baburo101]

Can human crap do the same?

[crinoid1919]

did anyone notice the footage from 01: to :04 (the sturing of the pot) is run backwards. Look at the steam coming off.

[pinball281]

im wondering what 2012 will be like,and i aint talking about the end of the world