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The National Biogas Market Development Programme was launched to increase access to and use of nonconventional renewable energy in rural areas in Nicaragua, especially for small and medium scale farmers and rural households and will be implemented over the course of five years. The Programme will facilitate access to clean energy for domestic and productive uses for 30,000 persons.

As part of the Strengthening the Capacities of Governments and Agricultural Exporters to Adapt to Climate Change Challenges Project financed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, or CEPAL in Spanish), SNV and Factor CO2 have been selected to measure the carbon footprint of eight agricultural export products from Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.