Fighting against desertification by promoting biomass charcoal.

Two billion people in the world face problems in obtaining domestic energy. At the same time, using only wood increases deforestation with all its consequences: desertification and draught particularly in the Sahel.

An efficient and profit-making fuel can be made locally of carbonized savannah weeds or unused agricultural residues. This provides an alternative domestic fuel, which is less expensive than charcoal.

Two successful demonstrations took place in Senegal in 1997 and 1999. The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Industry declared the biomass charcoal project as a "national energy project".

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