Value addition to crop residues A Case study of Groundnut shell

Abstract

The demand for energy especially in small scale applications is increasing day by day worldwide. The major quantum of energy demand is met through fossil fuels. The associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emission has been of serious global environmental concern. This has made it necessary for future projected energy demand to come from renewable energy sources in other to reduce GHGs emission to an acceptable level. Globally, crop residue biomass has been acknowledged as a positive alternative source of energy because it is renewable, cheaper, readily available and carbon neutral. In this study a geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) based methodology was developed to assess the availability of groundnut shell and beans husks in Bogoro Local government area. The analysis gave a total residue estimate in the study area to be 133,687.68 tonnes and 215,725.8 tonnes for beans husks and groundnut shell respectively. Out of the 10 wards considered Boi B ward has the highest residue of 33,639.8 tonnes followed by Lusa A ward with 31,986 tonnes for groundnut. While for Beans, Lusa A has the highest value of 16,572.92 followed by Bogoro B with 15,582.28 tonnes. This information is important to the successful utilization of these residues