By Rama Venkatraman
Rice cultivation in Bugesera district, Rwanda. Rice husk offers immense potential to create bioenergy that can save trees by reducing rural people’s reliance on wood fuel. AfricaRice has developed a stove that turns rice waste into clean fuel. This can reduce the negative effects of rice production systems on the environment as rice husk is left to rot, releasing methane, a greenhouse gas. Rural women from Benin, who tested the stove, were happy to cook without filling their lungs with smoke. http://tinyurl.com/zgzdw4m
