In this week’s episode, we discuss how incorporating an Integrated Food and Energy System (IFES) can give rural and impoverished communities better access to food and reliable energy. Farmers can incorporate IFES in two ways–by using intercropping methods and growing food and fuel-generating crops, such as acacia trees, or by integrating livestock onto their farms and using biodigesters from their manure to generate energy.
Video: http://youtu.be/gPlSroOqNaY
To read about IFES, see: Innovation of the Week: Creating Farms that Produce Food and Energy.
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