Abstract:
In our country, biogas energy has been disseminated since 1979; however, in North Western
Ethiopia's Gondar Zuria District, biogas energy dissemination started in 2013. As a result,
the actual data supporting the general effects of technology on the environment is few. Thus,
in the Gondar Zuria District, North Western Ethiopia, this study investigated the role of
biogas plays in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preserving fuel wood. The crosssectional
survey
design was used, and a multi-stage sampling process was used to select the
respondents. To collect primary data, 181 households of whom 32 were adopters and 149
were non-adopters were surveyed. Eight key informant interviews, three focus groups
discussion, and direct observation techniques were used. 40 randomly chosen households, 20
in each category, comprising both biogas adopters and non-adopters, were used for kitchen
performance tests. Independent sample t-test and chi-square test were used to analyze the
collected data. A binary logistic regression model was used to predict factors that influenced
biogas adoption and utilization. The study's result revealed that there was a significant
positive relationship with the adoption of biogas technology for the following variables at a
5% significance level: age, educational level, family size, cattle size, farmland size,
awareness, and distance to fuel. However, the results on gender, income, and distance to the
water source were not significant. Based on the kitchen performance test result, each biogas
plant can potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4.7 tons of CO
e annually. From 70
operational biogas plants, which results in a 329 tons reduction in CO
2
2
e mitigated annually.
As a result, producing biogas is crucial to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preserving
fuel wood. The study’s conclusion suggested updating the current biogas technology model to
incorporate several burner types for multi-cooking purposes.