Biochemical methane potential of residues of three banana varieties from Cameroon : fresh and dry peduncles

In Cameroon , the ratio of energy cost to standard of living for both electric and fuel energy is higher than in USA and EU. The local energy needs could be met by valorizing local wastes in an environmentally and economically sustainable way. Banana and plantain plants produce significant quantities of post-harvest biomass wastes such as bulbs, pseudo stems, leaf sheaths, petioles–midribs, leaf blades, peduncles, rachis and blossoms which can be converted to methane-rich biogas by anaerobic digestion (AD). AD is a natural process of degradation of organic materials.