Staff endowment for the biogas project - number and qualifications (special emphasis on
agricultural engineers, farmers, technicians, social economists, masons and plumbers, office
workers/administrators) - training offered or possible - wage and salary structure - fluctuation,
migration
Sundry institutional appointments
- office space, vehicles, telephone, teletex, workshops
- financial endowment of the biogas project (for personnel, transportation, materials and
spare parts, public relation
- activities, etc.)
- potential for providing complementary services in connection with biogas (financing,
technical and socioeconomic
- consultancy, maintenance & repair services, etc.)
Interest in the biogas project
- own commercial interest in biogas
- connection with and proximity to the target group and/or to artisans, probability of target
group participation
- chances of implementing a national or regional biogas extension program
- domestic importance/prevailing power
Table 9.4: Institutional breakdown of biogas-dissemination tasks and activities (applies in
particular to the professional-artisan approach discussed in chapter 9.2) (Source:
OEKOTOP)
Task/Activity
Biogas-program planning; R&D
(appropriate gas applicances and
equipment); dissemination strategy
concept
Individual-plant planning, possibly
including the development of
standardized plant components
Provision to users of info and advice
Financing
Plant construction:
- digester excavation
- masonry and metalwork
- installation of gas pipes and appliances
- adaptation of animal housing
Procurement of materials and appliances
Commissioning/operational advice
Maintenance
Repair
Artisan training
Establishment and development of
Local artisans Users
participation
participation
responsibility participation
responsibility
-
-
own capital
implementatio
n
implementatio
n
implementatio
n
implementatio
n
local materials
responsibility;
plant-specific
support
implementatio
n
recipients
need
assistance
assistance
assistance
assistance
-
recipients
implementation
assistance
-
-
Proj.-executing
organization
respponsibility
respponsibility
suppport
loans/subsidies
plannning
plannning
plannning
plannning
imported/rationed goods
suppport; agricultural
extension services
-
assistance
implementation
responsibility
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