Barriers in the progress of domestic biogas plants in rural Pakistan

Figures & data

Figure 1. Energy mix of Pakistan (Ahmad et al. 2016).

Figure 2. Percentage of villages without electricity in Pakistan’s provinces (Ahmad et al. 2016).

Figure 3. Survey flow.

Table 1. No. of families owning cattle and buffaloes.

No. of animals	Cattle (2006)	Buffaloes (2006)	Cattle (2016) extrapolated 2.3%	Buffaloes (2016) extrapolated 3.2%
1–2	2,667,710	2,545,011	2,729,067	2,626,451
3–4	1,699,983	1,654,487	1,739,082	1,707,430
5–10	1,455,295	1,426,594	1,488,766	1,472,245
11–20	276,817	293,562	283,183	292,244
>20	88,469	76,608	90,503	79,059

Figure 4. Increasing potential of biogas in Pakistan (Pakistan Bureau of Statistics).

Figure 5. Familiarity of biogas among RC.

Figure 6. Organisational contribution to biogas promotion.

Figure 7. Reasons for not installing biogas plant.

Figure 8. Benefits of biogas plant.

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