ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishAgricultureReport.
SethDeBoltisaplantscientistattheUniversityofKentuckyintheUnitedStates. Heandotherscientistswantedtofindasourceoffuelthatpoorpeopleinruralareasofdevelopingcountriescouldusetomakeelectricity.
TheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramsaysabillionandahalfpeoplehavenoelectricity. Abillionothershaveanundependablesupply.
ProfessorDeBoltwentonastudytriptoruralIndonesia. Hesawthat, everywherehewent, therewasverylittlewasteintheuseofagriculturalproducts. Everythingthatfarmersgrewwasusedforsomething. Eventheremainsoffruitthatpeopledidnoteatwerefedtochickens.