Biofuel consumption rates and patterns in Kenya

Kituyi, Evans; Marufu, L. T.; Huber, B.; Wandiga, Shem O.; Jumba, Isaac O; Andreae, Meinrat O.; Helas, G.

doi:10.1016/s0961-9534(00)00072-6

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“…The firewood consumption rate in the present study is within the range of reported values for other countries [26,31,32]; however, our charcoal consumption rates are lower than previously observed figures. For firewood, the consumption rate at our study site (217.4 ± 38.9 kg capita −1 year −1 , equivalent to 1898.0 ± 506.1 kg household −1 year −1 and 3.8 ± 0.4 kg household −1 day −1 ) was higher and lower, respectively, than the rates reported for urban areas of South Africa (1454 kg household −1 year −1 ) [31] and Mozambique (5.47 ± 1.00 kg household −1 day −1 ) [26].…”

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Consumption Rates and Use Patterns of Firewood and Charcoal in Urban and Rural Communities in Yedashe Township, Myanmar

Win

Mizoue

Ota

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Forests

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Abstract:There is concern over the environmental impact of charcoal use for cooking in urban areas; however, studies have mainly been limited to Africa and South Asia. This investigation aimed to evaluate woodfuel consumption rates and patterns in an urban area in Yedashe Township, Myanmar and compared them with results from a rural area in the same township. From interviews with 66 urban households, it was evident that firewood and charcoal consumption rates in the urban area were about one-third and one-fourth, respectively, of those in the rural area. These low consumption rates were because of multiple-fuel use (mainly woodfuel and electricity) in the urban area in contrast to single-fuel use in the rural area. We estimated the forest area required to meet woodfuel demand of the whole township to be 3738 ha; that could decrease by almost 40% (1592 ha) if the single-fuel use in the rural area switched to the multiple-fuel methods used in the urban area. This study confirms that urbanization with an "energy stack" in multiple-fuel use, rather than an "energy ladder" from firewood to charcoal, could largely reduce the environmental impact on forests.

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Section: Woodfuel Consumption Rates In Urban Areasupporting

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Consumption Rates and Use Patterns of Firewood and Charcoal in Urban and Rural Communities in Yedashe Township, Myanmar

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Mizoue

Ota

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Forests

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“…This interesting reduction in per capita fuelwood consumption with an increase in number of persons in the household has also been observed by Ramachandra et al (2000) and Hussain et al (2016a, b). The result of this study is also consistent with the results of research conducted by Top et al (2003), Hussain et al (2016a, b), Bhat et al (2015), Kituyi et al (2001), Hosier (1985) in Kenya, Marufu et al (1999) in Zimbabwe, Mahapatra and Mitchell (1999) in India, Kumar and Sharma (2009) in Garhwal Himalaya in India and Kersten et al (1998) in Nigeria.…”

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Fuelwood consumption patterns by semi-nomadic pastoralist community and its implication on conservation of Corbett Tiger Reserve, India

Hussain

Dasgupta

Bargali³

2016

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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The local folk of Himalaya have natural coexistence with the forests and depend on these bounty natural resources for their livelihood. The present study was carried out on semi-nomadic pastoralist for the study of forest use patterns. The main source of livelihood was found to be homogeneous (pastoralism) within each settlement. The study records 26 tree species preferred for fuelwood consumption. Overall average fuelwood consumption was 20.09 ± 0.7 kg day -1 family -1 . The average per capita fuelwood consumption was 2.77 kg day -1 . Average fuelwood consumption by very large families is significantly higher than small families. The principal component analysis explain lopping, extraction and anthropogenic activities for biomass extraction as a major factor of disturbance in forests. We also examined the present forest wood consumption rate and its implications in terms of potential deforestation and emission of greenhouse gases. The findings in the paper could form the basis for designing appropriate technologies and management policies in the region.

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“…These findings parallel those of numerous previous studies, both in urban and rural areas, e.g. in South Africa [99], Mozambique [49], Zimbabwe [88,122], Kenya [123] and Tibet [124].…”

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Increasing the sustainability of household cooking in developing countries: Policy implications

Maes

Verbist

2012

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Although 40% of the global population relies on traditional biomass use, mainly firewood and charcoal, for cooking, traditional biomass has received very little attention in the current biomass debate, because of its considered primitive and unsustainable nature. In this review, we discuss how the sustainability of household cooking in developing countries can be improved.Indoor air pollution due to incomplete combustion of traditional biomass causes the death of 1.45 million people every year, mainly of women and children, who also carry the heavy burden of fuelwood collection. In addition, charcoal production and combustion is responsible for very high greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy. On the other hand, fuelwood production and trade is of vital importance for local economies and serves as safety net for the poorest people. Moreover, fuelwood collection is not a driver of deforestation and global fuelwood shortage will not occur, despite local problems of fuelwood provision.There are two distinct policy alternatives to increase the sustainability of cooking in developing countries. The first option is to climb the energy ladder and to switch from solid fuels to fossil fuels (LPG or kerosene), biogas or electricity. As this largely avoids the severe health damages of traditional biomass use, this option is considered the most desirable by numerous countries and by international organizations. However, as most developing countries are far away from meeting the necessary requirements, related to infrastructure, economics and local culture, expecting a large-scale switch to liquid fuels or electricity is unrealistic.In that case, the second policy option, increasing the sustainability of the current traditional biomass system, must be considered. This can be realized by an integrated approach, in which national and regional fuelwood policies are adapted, improved systems for charcoal production are implied and improved stoves, in combination with chimneys, are distributed.

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Biofuel consumption rates and patterns in Kenya

Cited by 74 publications

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Consumption Rates and Use Patterns of Firewood and Charcoal in Urban and Rural Communities in Yedashe Township, Myanmar

Consumption Rates and Use Patterns of Firewood and Charcoal in Urban and Rural Communities in Yedashe Township, Myanmar

Fuelwood consumption patterns by semi-nomadic pastoralist community and its implication on conservation of Corbett Tiger Reserve, India

Increasing the sustainability of household cooking in developing countries: Policy implications

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