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| Title: | Biofuel Consumption, Household Level Tree Planting and its Implications for Environmental Management in the Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia |
| Author: | Bewket, Woldeamlak |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Periodical: | Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775) |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | January |
| Pages: | 19-38 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Northeast Africa |
| Subjects: | fuels fuelwood agroforestry environmental management rural households Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Politics and Government Environment, Ecology deforestation |
| External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v021/21.1bewket.pdf |
| Abstract: | Based on data from a structured household survey conducted in 2000, this study analyses biofuel consumption patterns in four rural villages in the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. The results indicate that fuelwood and cattle dung accounted for nearly 100 percent of the domestic energy consumption, with cattle dung contributing to some 34 percent of the total. Fuelwood and dung combined, the per capita biofuel consumption was estimated at 511.3 kg per annum, with some variation between villages and socioeconomic groups owing to differences in physical, environmental and socioeconomic factors. Despite claims by some studies, the pressure on the supply trend has affected consumption of biofuels and necessitated improvisation on the part of users. Also, the scarcity of wood use for various purposes has forced households to plant trees. The number of trees planted by households showed variation between villages and the different socioeconomic groups, owing to various physical and human factors. This (agro) forestry practice is a good short-term solution to the existing problem of fuelwood shortage. Since the practice also embodies multiple positive implications for environmental management and agricultural production it should be encouraged. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |
