Events

Research Seminar: Development of YAZINI— eco-friendly (bamboo-based) cooking fuel

Uganda’s forestry or tree cover is facing unpresented pressure toward depletion, partly due to unsustainable biomass energy demand in forms of firewood and charcoal. Approximately 95% of East Africans use biomass energy for cooking. We are developing a “green” or sustainable YAZINI firewood and charcoal from bamboo, whose performance is indistinguishable from hardwood products. The […]