Energy Resources (Case Study-2)

As the wood becomes scarce, animal dung and crop residue are used as energy source rather than being applied to the soil as fertilizer and soil conditioners. Study conducted in Ethiopia in 1984 estimates that up to 90% of cattle dung produced in Eritrea, and 60% in Tigrai and Gondar, Ethiopia, is used as fuel. This estimate is about 7.9 million tones of dung per year. In Ethiopia, dung is sold to urban markets.