RETURN2GREEN VISITS LARGEST RICE MILL IN NORTHERN GHANA

September 26, 2011 – Tamalee, Ghana
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RETURN2GREEN VISITS LARGEST RICE MILL IN NORTHERN GHANA

Ms. Lily He of Return2Green International and Professor Zhou call on Minister of Food and Agriculture Regional Director and Council Members to introduce new technologies for manufacturing with agro-waste and distributed energy using agro-waste as fuel.

The group also visited Nasia Rice Co. Ltd, the largest rice mill in Northern Ghana, which was assisted by Africa Development Bank. Nasia Rice Co. Ltd produces 830,000 kg rice of chaff per month.

The factory is literally choking itself with rice chaff waste, a common problem with all rice producers.

Rice husks have to be shipped to distant locations to be burned, which costs money and creates harmful emissions.

Next, Ms. He and Prof. Zhou met with Chief Andani Abdulai II, director of Ghana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to discuss the potentials of starting up Return2Green projects in different regions of Ghana.

Over the last 4 days, high level meetings have indicated a very strong interest in Return2Green project proposals. They are much needed and a great fit for Ghana’s rural areas and industries.

RETURN2GREEN VISITS EJURA MAIZE FARMS IN EFFORT TO ENHANCE FARMER INCOMES AND REDUCE TONS OF CO2

September 24, 2011 – Ejura, Ghana
Press Release

RETURN2GREEN VISITS EJURA MAIZE FARMS IN EFFORT TO ENHANCE FARMER INCOMES AND REDUCE TONS OF CO2 BEING CREATED BY BURNING OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE

Ms. Lily He, President of Return2Green International, visited expansive maize farms in Ejura, the largest maize producing district in Ashanti, with officials from The Ministry of Food and Agricultural. The purpose of the visit was to gain cooperation with the Farmer’s Association for a public and private investment program in which agricultural waste from
the farms is collected for use as Distributed Energy Fuel and raw materials for MZ-3 flower pots.

By collecting the agro-waste for alternative uses; as opposed to burning it, thousands of tons of CO2 per year that harm the environment will be eliminated. Additionally, thousands of hours of paid working time for farmers at the manufacturing plants will be created, thus adding to their economic and social status.

The program which is still in the development stages is intended to be spread around the entire country creating substantial positive effects for thousands of Ghanaians.

Poop To Power Comes To China

You may have already heard of various projects that turn farm animal wastes into energy: from Connecticut to South Africa, farmers and energy experts are finding innovative ways of turning this waste material (and often pollutant) into power for cooking, heating, and even electricity generation.

ABC News today takes note of such an effort in China: a nine-year-old ecological farm started to provide organic eggs to Beijing consumers produces about 200 tons of chicken poop daily. That manure is now being converted to biogas, which is piped to homes in the nearby village of Shuiyu. The farm also uses the gas to generate its own electricity, which cuts its CO2 emissions by about 95,000 tons a year.

This is a first-of-its-kind effort in China, but investors are already considering building on the model with a farm in the southern Anhui province. It’ll probably only make a small contribution to the country’s recently-announced goal of cutting its carbon intensity 40-45% by 2020… but perhaps this concept will catch on in the other parts of China and Asia.

Courtesy of SundanceChannel.com http://www.sundancec