Huang Mingying was first acquainted with the household biogas programme when families in her village starting installing biogas digesters in their home. She saw there a solution which could help her saving money, have a cleaner living environment and provide her with a much more convenient cooking fuel, freeing her from long hours in the kitchen and giving her more time to manage her small family business.

  • Digester installed in 2012.
  • Saving around 150 EUR per year

Huang Mingying lives with her husband, her parents and her eight-year-old son in a small village in the Santai county. The grand-parents are farming the land, while Huang and her husband operate a small business from their home, selling crops and fertilizers.

The family is using the cereals and corn to feed the family and livestock and sell most of its production of vegetables and fruits. They also raise chickens, for meat and eggs, and sell the offspring of their sow.

Although the family was able to double its total income with the extra revenue generated by the family business, Huang was looking forward to being able to save on cooking fuels.

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