International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Environmental Sciences 2319 - 1414 3 1 2014 January 22 A Review on Trends issues and Prospects for Biogas Production in Developing Countries 62 69 EN Rakib M.A. 1 Department of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, BANGLADESH Ali M. 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, BANGLADESH Akter M.S. 3 Department of Statistics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, BANGLADESH Bhuiyan Mohammad A.H. 4 Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, BANGLADESH Verma Apoorv 1 Department of Civil Engineering, M.M.M. Engineering College Gorakhpur- 273 010, UP, INDIA Pandey Govind 2 Gupta Piyush 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College, Gorakhpur – 273010, UP, INDIA Pandey Govind 2 National Institute of Virology, B.R.D. Medical College, Gorakhpur, UP, INDIA Gore Milind 3 Department of Community Medicine, B.R.D. Medical College, Gorakhpur, UP, INDIA Srivastava D.K. 4 Misra B.R. 5 Devi Kuruva Syamala 1 G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science (For Women), Shaikpet, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA Swamy Arza V.V.S. 2 Department of Environmental Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA krishna Ravuri Hema 3 Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. M5S 3H6 CANADA Dwivedi Naveen 1 Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, UK-248007 Balomajumder Chandrajit 2 Department of Biotechnology, S.D. College of Engineering and Technology, Muzaffarnagar-251001, UP, INDIA Mondal Prasenjit 3 Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, UK, INDIA Luay A. Al-Helaly 1 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Mosul University, IRAQ Tareq Y. Ahmed 2 Shah Abdul Barey 1 PG Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap P G College of Sciences, Srinagar (J&K), INDIA Sofi Shazia Majeed 2 Sharma Sushama 1 Mata Jijabai Govt. Girl’s P.G. College, Moti Tabela, Indore, MP, INDIA Thakkar Atul 2 Astral Institute of Technology and Research, Indore, MP, INDIA Kundu Sumanta 1 Wildlife Trust of India, F-13, Sector-8, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA Tiwari Sandeep Kumar 2 Singh Anil Kumar 3 Arya S. 1 Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara- 390002, Gujarat, INDIA Trivedi J.N. 2 Vachhrajani K.D. 3 Dutta AmitBijon 1 Mecgale Pneumatics Pvt. Ltd, N-65 Hingna MIDC, Nagpur-440016, MS, INDIA Sengupta Ipshita 2 Institute of Science, Dept. of Environmental Science, R.T. Marg, Nagpur-440013, MS, INDIA Divya D. 1 Dept. of Biotechnology, Vivekanandha College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Tiruchengode-637 205, Namakkal, Tamilnadu, INDIA Gopinath L.R. 2 Merlin Christy P. 3 > Review Paper 2013 12 9 2014 January 22 During this century, sustainable development programs focusing on global environmental concerns such as conservation of energy, preservation of water and management of environment through appropriate alternatives and technologies. In this context, biogas production technology has been developed and proven successful presently. In recent past, research on this technology has limited on some instances like optimization of different substrate and parameters like temperature, pH, total solid concentration, retention time, etc. A critical analysis reveals that few issues associated with the system used for biogas production at present, while various prospects lifted during the review gives an opportunity to enhance biogas production using advance techniques in future. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic substrate, incorporation of biological, chemical or inorganic additives and enzymes to the substrate were found as effective for increasing biogas production. Another interesting trend in this field is the development of potential microorganism for enhancing biogas production through gene manipulation. Multi-stage processes with separation of hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis and methanogenesis would provide biological stability for each step which absolutely enforces the reaction at temporal dimension. Copyright@ International Science Community Association