dc.contributor.author | Nguu, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Ndivo, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Aduda, Bernard | |
dc.contributor.author | Nyongesa, Francis | |
dc.contributor.author | Musembi, Robinson | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-16T07:20:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-16T07:20:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy Vol.4, No.8, 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2225-0573 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/74404 | |
dc.description.abstract | Perception of livestock farmers on the generation of cattle waste-based biogas methane was evaluated in this
study. The study was carried out in Embu West district in Kenya. A random sampling technique was used to
gather information related to farmers’ perception and the data collected with the help of self designed
questionnaires and face to face interviews. In the study, 92.9% of the one hundred and fifty six (156) livestock
farmers practiced zero-grazing and only fourteen (9%) of them had installed biogas digesters in their farms. Chi
square tests yielded a value of χ = 0.591, p >0.05 which indicated that there was no significant relationship
between uptake of cattle waste-based biogas and farmer’s perception. The hypothesis that low uptake of cattle
waste-based biogas technology was due to negative perception of the farmers was found not to hold. Further Chi
square tests indicated significant relationship (χ=23.56, p< 0.05) between farmers’ perception and knowledge of
cattle waste-based biogas methane. Thus livestock farmers in Embu district had a very positive perception and
were quite knowledgeable about biogas technology despite the minimal installation of the cattle waste-based
biogas digesters. The research findings indicated that other factors like installation cost contribute to the low
uptake of biogas technology. These research findings should assist government and industry understand the
reason behind public ‘reservations’ in the adoption of biogas technology as well as develop strategies for
enhanced promotion of renewable energy technologies | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Biogas methane | en_US |
dc.subject | Perception | en_US |
dc.subject | Renewable energy | en_US |
dc.subject | Embu west | en_US |
dc.title | Livestock Farmers’ Perception on Generation of Cattle Wastebased Biogas Methane: the Case of Embu West District, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |