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Charcoal from coffee husks

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

CTA. 1986. Charcoal from coffee husks. Spore 6. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

The Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU), an organisation of coffee growers, has set up a factory which is now producing 200 tonnes of charcoal a month from 400 tonnes of coffee husks. The technique might result in saving trees from being used...

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