The massive fast deployment of ECOHUB carbon dioxide removal (CDR) systems by African women smallholders constitutes the paradigm shift towards holistic system level partnership as called for by:

Transfer of ecosocial carbon dioxide removal knowledge to Africa Harvest “how to better the lives and futures of women smallholders through place based ECOHUBS” is progressing.

Joint development of the ECOHUB HANDBOOK has started.

Soon AI enhanced decisions can be made where exactly the first ten (10) (or more) ECOHUBS can best be positioned.

ECOHUB development starts by location (with or without the use of AI) sites populated by communities of 150-200 smallholders. Each women smallholder is provided with an improved cookstove (or better) and a supply of seeds to start growing sorghum for food and biomass feedstock for the pyrolysis process. .

Stepwise development with the use of the ECOHUB handbook of AI systems for identifying the optimal ECOHUB site location, for the commercial production of biobased pyrolysis products, for earning carbon credits for CO2 removal (CDR) in the form of biochar stored in the soil, electricity and in some cases hydrogen, much later, will follow the successful initial deployment of cook stoves by the women and their cultivation of C4 crops, sorghum in particular.

No doubt development of the ECOHUB Handbook, provision of cookstoves and the stepwise growing of 10 (or more) ECOHUBS are probably too great burdens on Africa Harvest to carry by itself.

In the IEA organized summit on Clean Cooking in Africa in 2024 which was co-chaired by the:

• President of the United Republic of Tanzania H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan

• Prime Minister of Norway H.E. Jonas Gahr Støre

• President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina

• Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Dr. Fatih Birol

Who of you, recipients of the Ecosocial CO2 Removal & Usage newsletter and prospective ECOHUB proponents is prepared, willing and capable to impress on

• Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina. President of the African Development Bank Group

• Dr. Fatih Birol. Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)

• Dr. Dymphna van Der Lans, Clean Cooking Alliance

that the massive fast deployment of ECOHUB carbon dioxide removal (CDR) systems by African women smallholders constitutes the paradigm shift towards holistic system level partnership as called for by Dr. Dymphna van Der Lans of Clean Cooking Alliance

ECOHUBS not only better the lives of women smallholders, they also better the FUTURES of women smallholders and their children.

B.B. Klaversteijn

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