Utilizing Straw Resources in Poland

Summary

Performing boilers on straw will help the environment and farmers by using energy resources.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries of this project are 50 farmers who are interested in conserving energy by using surplus straw from harvests to heat their flats. Peasant families, including the inhabitants of North Warmii villages, are impoverished due to a lack of profitable farm production.

Activities

This project’s goal is to perform 50 boilers on straw in peasant farms and 2 big national agricultural farms. Straw remaining after harvest is useless for farmers, causes pollution, and destroys soil.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Large amounts of fuel that can be extracted from straw go to waste. Performing 50 boilers on straw produces about 5400 tons of cereal straw, and 70 rural families and workers will save about 50% on heating.

Project Message

Working among farmers, I see that farmers use their hard-earned money to heat their flats with coal. This project helps farmers substitute straw from their own fields for coal.
- Tadeusz Zapadka, President, "Village into XXI Century"

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Tadeusz Zapadka,
President, "Village into XXI Century"
"Village into XXI Century"
Pakosze 22
Pieniezno, Woj.Warminsko-Mazurskie 14-520
Poland
48 55 2447008
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Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Foundation "Village into XXIst Century"
"Village into XXI Century"
Pakosze 22
Pieniezno, Woj.Warminsko-Mazurskie 14-520
Poland
48 55 2447008

Learn more about Foundation "Village into XXIst Century" and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Poland and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about Poland, read the Human Development Report on Poland or the Wikipedia entry for Poland.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 17, 2003.

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