PIG BREEDERS IN SANTO DOMINGO WILL PRODUCE BIOGAS
Lima, Peru -Producers belonging to the Dominican Pig Farms Association [Adogranjas - Asociación Dominicana de Granjas Porcinas] will start a biodigester installation project in their farms with the aim of producing biogas to fuel electric generators, for cooking, generate the energy they consume and sell the surplus to the formal system.
During the meeting that they held at the Natural Resources and Environment minister's office, which was also attended by the minister of Industry and Commerce, members of the association with their representative; Wilfredo Bautista García, and the Environment Defense Prosecutor; Andrés Chalas, they all supported the initiative to produce biogas.
Adogranjas will be in charge of the project alongside both ministries previously mentioned. 55% of nationwide producers are affiliated to Adogranjas, they will formally install the new system, which would make pig production a sustainable practice. Likewise, it was informed that, in a future, it is intended to extract the organic compost as a sub product to be used in agricultural production.
