The document outlines the launch of the Bioinnovate Programme Project aimed at sustainable agro-process waste treatment and climate change mitigation in Eastern Africa, with a budget of USD 1,199,258 over three years. It focuses on innovative wastewater treatment processes that recover by-products like biogas and fertilizers, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and agricultural productivity. The project involves collaboration among several institutions and is expected to significantly reduce pollution and improve waste management within the region by 2013.

1. Launching of bioinnovateprogrammePROJECT 5: INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGROPROCESS WASTE TREATMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN EASTERN AFRICAK.N. Njau, Joseph Kyambadde and Mekibib David DawitBio-Innovate Launch, ILRI, Nairobi, 16 March 2011

2. Participating InstitutionsWSP & Constructed Wetland Research and Development GroupUniversity of Dar es SalaamP.O. Box 35131Dar es Salaam.Department of BiochemistryMakerere UniversityP.O. Box 7062 KampalaEnvironmental Science Programme,College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University,P O Box 1176, Addis AbabaNational University of Rwanda, Faculty of Science,Department of ChemistryRwanda

3. Collaborating InstitutionsSITE OWNERSBanana Investments Ltd, P.O. Box 10123, Arusha, Tanzania Modjo Tannery, P.O. Box 3, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaBassajjabalaba Hides and Skins (City Abattoir), P.O. Box 20000, Kampala, UgandaIMPLEMENTING PARTNERSAGENDA/ENVICON – TanzaniaWWS Design and Development -TanzaniaCentre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation (CREEC) - UgandaForum for Environment, and Environment and Development Action (ENDA) – EthiopiaAKUT Burkard and Partner, GermanyCAMARTECH

4. Consortium ManagementPrincipal Investigator (Tanzania): Dr. Karoli N. Njau

5. Tel. +255-22-2410368

6. Mobile: +255 754 296 993

7. Email: knjau30@yahoo.com Co- Principal Investigator (Uganda): Dr. Joseph Kyambadde

8. Tel: +256 414 530555

9. Mob: +256 772 510824

10. Email: joseph.kyambadde@gmail.com Co- Principal Investigator (Ethiopia): Dr. Mekibib David Dawit

11. Telephone: +251 (0) 116551910

12. mekibib1@hotmail.com Co- Principal Investigator (Rwanda): Dr. NsengimanaHermogène

13. Cell phone: +25008416745

14. E-mail: nhermo@yahoo.fr, Budget and DistributionProject Budget and duration:USD 1,199,258 over three years (2011-2013)WSP & Constructed Wetland USD 404,084 Makerere University USD449,724 University of Addis Ababa USD345,450Banana Investment Contributing USD 150,000

15. The Project – City AbattoirThe abattoir has a slaughter produces an average of 400 m3 per day polluted wastewater effluent (COD > 10,000 mg/L) significantly contributing to nutrient enrichment and oxygen depletion of Lake Victoria.

16. City Abattoir operations in Uganda require large volumes of hot water to maintain high levels of hygiene which translates into high costs of electricity.

17. The abattoir also uses large quantities of charcoal to prepare meals for over 2000 persons visiting or working at the abattoir on a daily basis.

18. Recovery of biogas from slaughterhouse wastewater for local consumption will reduce charcoal usage by about 80%Modjo TanneriesThe Modjo tannery for example generates 4 500 m3/day of wastewater with a COD content of 10 000 mg/L which is discharged to Modjo river feeding into Lake Koka (Ethiopia).

19. Downstream communities use this lake for irrigation and other domestic activities and this poses a health risk to these communities. Banana Investments LtdIn Tanzania, Banana Investments Ltd processes 25 metric tons of peeled ripe bananas per week to produce wine in a process that produces about 400 m3 of high-strength wastewater (BOD, 3000 mg/L) per day.

20. The enterprise unsustainably uses 3600 cubic meters of wood fuel per year costing the company USD 50,000 per annum

22. The Project - InnovationThe current wastewater treatment processes do not integrate pollution reduction, energy and nutrient recovery.