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On World Environment Day, choose to eat sustainably

On World Environment Day, choose to eat sustainably

By Alex Eaton If you are unsure where to start on Earth Day, try food. The impact of what you eat, where you buy it and who grew it matters more than you may realize. Agriculture accounts for about a quarter of human global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. 80% of the land that is managed by humans if for growing or raising food, therefore improving our food system is one of the best opportunities to reduce water and air contamination.…
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Sistema.bio holds the Biofertilizer Summit 2018 Read more >>

Sistema.bio holds the Biofertilizer Summit 2018

From October 15th  to 20th 2018, the Biofertilizer Summit was held in our offices in Nairobi and Githunguri in Kenya. At this summit, we convened the three regions with the greatest development (Mexico, India, and Kenya) with the intention of generating an international strategic plan for research and development on education and promotion of the use of biofertilizers. We worked together with the team of the Regional Program of Biofertilizer and Biogas in the Yucatan Peninsula of IRRI-México to create…
Sistema.bio enters into a partnership with Nicaraguan MFI FUNDENUSE Read more >>

Sistema.bio enters into a partnership with Nicaraguan MFI FUNDENUSE

On January 9th, 2019, Nicaraguan Sistema.bio branch managed to establish a partnership with the Nicaraguan microfinance company FUNDENUSE to make available two million dollars in credits for Nicaraguan farmers. This is a collaboration that will have a great social impact for micro, small and medium scale holder farmers in this country. The objective of the agreement is to implement the biodigester technology of Sistema.bio through credit funds from FUNDENUSE, organization that already has 26 years of successful history contributing to…
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Awards and products

Sistema.bio emerges the 1st runners-up in the Renewable Energy Awards 2018 We emerged the 1st runners-up in the Renewable Energy Awards 2018. We are truly grateful for this achievement and we appreciate all our stakeholders for making it happen. We look forward to a better and bigger 2019 in our journey to #CreatingValueFromWaste Biogas boilers launched in Kenya “Now I have biogas, what next?”. This is a common question from our clients across the regions we operate in. Sistema.bio boilers…
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Research and development

Sistema.bio Biol experts summit in Kenya The international Sistema.bio team were in Kenya discussing all the equipment available for biol application, the promotion strategies for this fertilizer, the methodology for its application and the manual adapted to different cultures. The team also worked in the field in Githunguri; Kiambu County, to test the tools used in Kenya and to share with the technicians the outcome of workshops in Yucatán; Mexico which focused on training farmers on the use of biol.…
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Operations

HR training with Shortlist in Kenya and India Our team forms the backbone of our success and investing in them is definitely a worthwhile investment. We held two workshops with Shortlist in India and Kenya to understand the full cycle of recruiting, developing and retaining good talent. Some of the specific topics that we explored include goal setting, performance management, developing competitive job descriptions, interviewing objectively and motivating teams. The participating teams were very excited and engaged in the discussions…
New partners in Sistema.bio Read more >>

New partners in Sistema.bio

During Q3 new investors join Sistema.bio Hivos-Triodos Fund, Alpha Mundi and  Dila Capital each confirmed investment in Sistema.bio, the leading, full-service, international supplier of biogas technology to smallholder farmers. Sistema.bio is part of the Bcorporation founding class in Kenya Q4 was definitely a season full of celebrations. We couldn’t hide the excitement on being recognized by the Bcorporation as part of the founding class of the Kenyan BCorps. A recognition resulting from the fact that our products and services not…
Current partners in Sistema.bio Read more >>

Current partners in Sistema.bio

Participation in the Land Restitution program in Colombia The objective of this program is to give the land back to the people who were stripped by paramilitaries in Cundinamarca. During the month of September, four Sistema 8 were installed as part of the land restitution program in Colombia. The main objective of this program is to return the land to the people who were stripped by the paramilitaries or guerrillas in Palma Cundinamarca. Working with JIRCO on 6 slaughterhouses In…
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New projects in Sistema.bio

Partnership with the municipality of Zipaquirá, Colombia Sistema.bio Colombia started the installation of 10 units of Sistema 12 in Zipaquirá. This digesters are sponsored by the municipality and will treat cattle waste to reduce greenhouse gases, use of firewood and increase production of local fertilizers to improve the quality of pasture and ultimately increase milk production in the region. Piloting biodigesters with Sistema.bio to start the Ecuador Biogas Program   During the last week of November, the Colombian team installed…
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