Does biogas technology adoption improve the livelihood and income level of rural people?

ABSTRACT

This study elucidated the effects of biogas technology adoption on income and livelihood in rural areas of Bangladesh using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) techniques and the Logit Regression Model respectively. A total of 80 biogas adopters and non-adopters were selected from Bangladesh using Simple Random Sampling technique. The results exposed that the income of biogas adopters is noticeably higher than that of biogas non-adopters. The availability of customers and time saving for other activities exerted positively significant influences on the biogas adopters’ livelihood. The rise in number of cattle and fuel costs are positively related to biogas plant adoption.

KEYWORDS:

• Biogas
• adoption
• livelihood
• income
• Bangladesh

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the National Science and Technology, Bangladesh for its financial support.

Declaration of interest statement

We have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Science and Technology, Bangladesh.