If you ever needed more motivation to BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira, this Aba-made smart bio fuel stove should be convincing enough.
The stove, which runs on bio fuel obtained from cassava leaves, was manufactured with locally sourced raw materials and has generated a rousing interest in the product.
The chairman of the Agricultural Innovations Platform, Kalu Ichie Kali, who spoke at the Innovative Platform Workshop in Keffi, on Thursday, October 20, where the stove was showcased, applauded the new product and described it as “a credible alternative to kerosene, firewood and gas.”
The workshop was organised by the Agricultural Transformation Support Programme, Phase one (ATASP-1) under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The chairman went further to state the hindrance facing the massive production and circulation of the product.
In his words, “It is clean energy. One of the innovation in the stove is that 100% of the raw materials are locally sourced while the fuel is made from Cassava leaf.
“The price of the stove is N5,500 while a litre of the fuel is N200. A litre of the fuel burns for 6 hours.
“Production of the product is still manual, which is part of the challenge we are facing. We still need support to mechanise production processes and produce like 25,000 litres per day,” he said.
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