Do earthquakes change the timber and firewood use pattern of the forest dependent households? Evidence from rural hills in Nepal

Gautam, Narayan; Chhetri, Bir Bahadur Khanal; Raut, Nirmal Kumar; Tigabu, Mulualem; Rashid, Muhammad Haroon U.; Ma, Xiangqing; Wu, Pengfei

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102283

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“…Households that are dependent on forest, proxied by increased forest income are more likely to face severe climatic shocks. This finding meets our expectations; Gautam et al [71] also concluded that people living in proximity to the forests are more likely to be affected by natural disasters; as a consequence, their use of forest resources, firewood, in particular, increases as an immediate relief to restore livelihood. The findings from other studies, such as by Cavendish [72], Chhetri [32], and Dercon [69], also support this notion.…”

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Determinants of Poverty, Self-Reported Shocks, and Coping Strategies: Evidence from Rural Nepal

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This paper assesses the interrelationship between poverty, climatic and non-climatic shocks, and shock coping strategies adopted by farm-based rural households in Nepal. An analysis is based on a comprehensive data set collected from 300 randomly selected households from three purposively chosen villages of Gandaki province. The study utilizes binary and ordered probit regression models to analyze the determinants of poverty, shocks, and coping strategies. Findings reveal that the Dalit (ethnic group), large-sized, and agricultural households are more likely to be characterized as poor. The study further shows that majority of the households are exposed to the severe shock of climatic types. Patterns of shock exposure vary with the household’s characteristics. In particular, poor households in the hills primarily dependent on forest for livelihood are more likely to experience severe shocks. Further analyses indicate that the households ex-post choose dissaving, borrowing, shifting occupation, and migration to cope with severe climatic shocks. The analyses also reveal that the nature of shocks, socio-economic, demographic, geographic contexts, and factor endowments effect adopting a particular coping strategy. Findings suggest household level-specific support should be provided to mitigate the effects of shock, and appropriate measures are taken to protect their means of living.

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Determinants of Poverty, Self-Reported Shocks, and Coping Strategies: Evidence from Rural Nepal

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“…Still, modern fuels such as electric stoves and methane gas depend on the household's average income. This model explicitly highlights the individual pay for the explained energy choice (Gautam et al, 2020). Countries worldwide face challenges by using conventional energy sources to meet their people's clean energy demands and exploring new RE sources.…”

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Evaluating Barriers on Biogas Technology Adoption in China: The Moderating Role of Awareness and Technology Understanding

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Qin

Irfan

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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Biogas technology adoption is a challenge in developing countries like China. The primary objective of this study was to explore the major issues for farmers in adopting biogas plants. The sample size was identified through the snowball sampling method. A total of 51 respondents of biogas plant adopters participated in this study. The structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data through respondents. The formulated suppositions were assessed by partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results indicated that all independent variables are significant and positively correlated with adopting biogas technology, reducing energy crises, and attaining cost-saving purposes. The results further indicated that the low cost and clear policy positively and significantly attract farmers to adopt biogas plants. The selected variables and their adopted moderation have a significant and positive impact on this conceptual model. The findings further indicate that major maintenance and day-to-day operations of biogas plants are expensive due to a lack of skilled operators, untrained or partially trained owners, and the unavailability of technicians. The results suggested that the government needs to plan a clear policy, provide short operation courses and technical support with skilled technicians to biogas plant owners, and launch a media campaign about maintenance to develop biogas plants.

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“…Traditional fuels dung cake, shrubs, and firewood on the bottom level but modern fuels such as electric stoves and methane gas depend on the household's average income. This model explicitly highlights the individual pay for explained energy choice (Gautam et al, 2020). Countries worldwide are facing challenges by using a conventional source of energy to meet the clean energy demands of their people and trying to explore new RE sources.…”

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Modeling biogas technology adoption in Pakistan: A way forward for sustainable research of energy

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Qin²,

Elavarasan³

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The extensive need for energy has become a global issue due to the enormous population growth and demand for electricity-based products. Energy crises are rapidly increasing, which have destructive impacts on the industry in Pakistan. Biogas technology adoption is a challenge in a developing country like Pakistan. The government sector has taken initial steps to eliminate the energy crisis and promoted biogas plants. The primary objective of this study is to explore the satisfied and unsatisfied ratio of farmers who have adopted biogas plants in the country. The sample size was identified through the snowball sampling method. A total of 51 biogas adopters participated in this study. The structured questionnaires were used to collect data through online interviews. The results indicate that 34% of biogas plant respondents were satisfied with their plant feedback. The partially satisfied respondents were 24%, whereas 42% showed unsatisfaction. More than half (58%) of the respondents expressed that biogas plants are in good working conditions; however, 42% of biogas users were unrestrained for several causes. The findings of this study indicate that major maintenance and day-to-day operations of biogas plants are expensive due to lack of skilled operators, untrained or partially trained owners, and unavailability of technicians. The results suggest that the government needs to plan a clear policy, technical support with skilled technicians to biogas plant owners, all through an integrated and coherent way.

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Do earthquakes change the timber and firewood use pattern of the forest dependent households? Evidence from rural hills in Nepal

Cited by 11 publications

References 37 publications

Determinants of Poverty, Self-Reported Shocks, and Coping Strategies: Evidence from Rural Nepal

Determinants of Poverty, Self-Reported Shocks, and Coping Strategies: Evidence from Rural Nepal

Evaluating Barriers on Biogas Technology Adoption in China: The Moderating Role of Awareness and Technology Understanding

Modeling biogas technology adoption in Pakistan: A way forward for sustainable research of energy

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