{"id":5270,"date":"2020-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/news\/campaign-to-popularize-and-demonstrate-the-use-of-ethanol-gel\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:04:05","slug":"campaign-to-popularize-and-demonstrate-the-use-of-ethanol-gel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/fr\/news\/campaign-to-popularize-and-demonstrate-the-use-of-ethanol-gel\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign to popularize and demonstrate the use of ethanol gel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The establishment of a mini-refinery for the transformation of water hyacinth into ethanol gel is thought to be an alternative to GHG-emitting fuels.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/vulgarisation-gel_2-1.jpg\" height=\"571\" width=\"1180\">Thus, convinced of the social, environmental and economic impact of the transformation of water hyacinth into ethanol gel, the CWP-Benin is promoting the use of this fuel for cooking in the households of the Complex in particular and throughout the country in general. To this end, a campaign of popularization and demonstration of the domestic use of ethanol gel has been carried out in the communes of the Lake Nokou\u00e9 &#8211; Porto Novo Lagoon complex (So Ava, Agu\u00e9gu\u00e9s, S\u00e8m\u00e8 Podji, Adjarra and Porto Novo).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/vulgarisation-gel_5-1.jpg\" height=\"338\" width=\"640\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The people living along the Lake Nokou\u00e9 &#8211; Porto Novo Lagoon Complex are facing severe problems with te proliferation invasive plants. To help them cope with these problems, CWP-Benin has obtained financing from the Special Climate and Development Fund (CDSF) of the African Development Bank for the implementation of the project &#8220;Strengthening Investments for a Climate Change Resilient Development in the Lake Nokou\u00e9 &#8211; Porto Novo Lagoon 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