Fuelwood Consumption and Forest Degradation: A Household Model for Domestic Energy Substitution in Rural India

2000 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasmus Heltberg ◽  
Thomas Channing Arndt ◽  
Nagothu Udaya Sekhar
Keyword(s):  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Energy Substitution ◽  
Household Model ◽  
Domestic Energy ◽  
Fuelwood Consumption

scholarly journals HOUSEHOLDS FUELWOOD CONSUMPTION IMPACT ON FOREST DEGRADATION IN THE CASE OF MOTTA DISTRICT, NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 308-315
Author(s):  
Mulatu Mengist
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Northwest Ethiopia ◽  
Cow Dung ◽  
Statistical Regression ◽  
Domestic Energy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Fuelwood Consumption

Traditional energy sources like fuelwood, charcoal, cow dung, and crop residue are common for household domestic energy consumption in the majority people of the study area as well as in Ethiopia. However, information related the impact of household fuelwood consumption on forest degradation is limited in the study area. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the impacts on households' domestic fuelwood consumption on deforestation and forest degradation in Motta district northwest Ethiopia. A random sampling procedure was employed to select 140 sample households involved in the household survey. Then open ended and close ended semi structured questioners were provide for each sample household. In addition, sample bundle of fire wood and sack of charcoal were measured to quantify households’ traditional measuring unit into standardize biomass unit. Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression was performed to examine household fuelwood impact on forest degradation and for identifying main determinant factors affecting households' daily fuelwood consumption. . The result revealed that farmers owned plantation is the main source of fuelwood consumption a species like Eucalyptus globulus. Annually they consumed 2.36 kg/household. Hence, the total communities consumption was around 3,635.51ton dried biomass of fuelwood which is estimated about 1.89 hectare of forest land is degraded due to households’ domestic energy consumption in the study area. The statistical regression analysis also revealed family size and their residence far from fuelwood source had statistically significant different. It is confirmed that household fuelwood consumption had negatively impact of forest resource development and accelerate deforestation and forest degradation rate. Hence, in order to solve deforestation and forest degradation due to forest dependence energy consumption; providing other alternative energy accessibility like electricity, solar energy, biogas, improved cook stove are recommended. KEYWORDS: Fuelwood, Charcoal, Forest degradation, Household energy, Household

scholarly journals Fuelwood Use and Carbon Emission Reduction of Improved Biomass Cook Stoves; Evidence From Kitchen Performance Test in Tigray, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashenafi Manaye ◽  
Selemawit Amaha ◽  
Yirga Gufi ◽  
Berihu Tesfamariam ◽  
Adefires Worku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Fuel Wood ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Cook Stoves ◽  
Wood Consumption ◽  
Fuelwood Consumption

Abstract Background In Ethiopia, biomass is the main form of fuel approximately for 92% of the population. Currently, several strategies were designed to reduce fuelwood consumption and greenhouse gases (GHG) emission by implementing improved cooking stoves (ICS). Nevertheless, the adoption of ICSs has been very slow. Therefore, these studies were conducted to assess the performance of ICS (“Mirt” and Tikikil”) on fuelwood consumption and greenhouse gas emission (GHG) in the kitchens of real households.Methods To select the study households (HH), both cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs were used. We used Kitchen Performance Test (KPT), based on three days of repeated fuel wood use measurements to compare the wood-saving performance of ICS and the traditional cook stoves (TCS). The carbon emission in the study area was calculated based on the clean development mechanism and United Nation’s Framework of Convention on Climate change.Result The study indicated that there were significant differences (p < 0.05) between the use of improved and traditional cooking stoves in total and per capita wood consumption. The use of “Mirt” and “Tikikil” than the traditional stove reduced the household wood consumption by 35 % (438 kg/ year) and 18% (185 kg/ year), respectively. Likewise, use of these ICS stoves lead to decrease of 0.65 and 0.27 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2 e) per stove per year. ConclusionAdopting of ICS reduced the amount of fuelwood used and carbon emission at household level significantly as compared to the use of TCS. This finding have implication on adoption of ICS technology is important on reducing CO2 emission, forest degradation and household workloads.

scholarly journals Fuelwood Use and Carbon Emission Reduction of Improved Biomass Cook Stoves; Evidence from Kitchen Performance Test in Tigray, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashenafi Manaye ◽  
Selemawit Amaha ◽  
Yirga Gufi ◽  
Berihu Tesfamariam ◽  
Adefires Worku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Test ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Ghg Emission ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Equivalents ◽  
Cook Stoves ◽  
Study Designs ◽  
Wood Consumption ◽  
Fuelwood Consumption

Abstract In Ethiopia, biomass is the main form of fuel approximately for 92% of the population. Currently, several strategies were designed to reduce fuelwood consumption and greenhouse gases (GHG) emission by implementing improved cooking stoves (ICS). Nevertheless, the adoption of ICSs has been very slow. Therefore, this study were conducted to assess the performance of ICS (“Mirt” and Tikikil”) on fuelwood consumption and greenhouse gas emission (GHG) in the kitchens of real households using kitchen performance test (KPT) methods. To select the study households (HH), both cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs were used. The study indicated that there were significant differences (p < 0.05) between the use of improved and traditional cooking stoves in total and per capita wood consumption. The use of “Mirt” and “Tikikil” than the traditional stove reduced the household wood consumption by 35 % (438 kg/ year) and 18% (185 kg/ year), respectively. Likewise, adopting of these ICS stoves lead to decrease of 0.65 and 0.27 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2 e) per stove per year. This finding may have implication on adoption of ICS technology is important on reducing CO2 emission, forest degradation and household workloads.

Towards a household model of UK domestic energy demand

Energy Policy ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Micklewright
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
Household Model ◽  
Domestic Energy

scholarly journals Fuelwood scarcity, energy substitution, and rural livelihoods in Namibia

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 693-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES PALMER ◽  
JAMES MACGREGOR
Keyword(s):  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Cow Dung ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Energy Substitution ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Household Model ◽  
Using Data

ABSTRACTIn Namibia, as in many parts of Africa, households are highly dependent on forest resources for their livelihoods, including energy needs. Using data originally collected for Namibia's forest resource accounts and insights from a non-separable household model, this paper estimates household fuelwood demand. Specifically, the factors underlying the substitution between fuelwood collected from open access forest resources, cow dung, and fuelwood purchased from the market are analysed. Heckman two-step estimates show that households respond to economic scarcity, as measured by the opportunity costs of collecting fuelwood, by reducing energy consumption slightly more than by increasing labour input to collection. There is limited evidence for substitution from fuelwood to other energy sources, particularly with declining availability of forest stocks. Market participants may be more sensitive to price changes than non-participants. All estimated elasticities are low, similar to those observed in previous studies.

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