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Use of Biochar-Producing Gasifier Cookstove Improves Energy Use Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality in Rural Households

Energies, 2019
Biomass fuels dominate the household energy mix in sub-Saharan Africa. Much of it is used inefficiently in poorly ventilated kitchens resulting in indoor air pollution and consumption of large amounts of wood fuel.
James K. Gitau, Cecilia Sundberg, Ruth Mendum, Jane Mutune, Mary Njenga   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Business Model and Sustainable Development Goals for an Innovative Agricultural Waste Management: Distributed Biogas Production

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological progress and population growth have increased global pork demand; leading to a rise of methane emission from pig farming, a key contributor to climate change. Anaerobic digestion offers a sustainable solution by converting manure into biogas.
María‐Pilar Martínez‐Hernando, Carlos Reparaz, Roberto Paredes, Enrique Garcia‐Franco, Alfonso García Álvaro, Marcelo F. Ortega   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elasticity estimation of fuelwood demand in rural areas of the Caspian forest, northern Iran, based on Almost Ideal Demand System [PDF]

مجله جنگل ایران, 2015
Relatively little information concerning energy derived from biomass and potential influenced variables causes uncertainty in models for energy policy and environmental conservation.
doaj  

Unveiling rural energy pattern determinants: insights from forest-dwelling rural households in the Zagros Mountains, Iran

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
IntroductionThis study examines the determinants of energy sources among rural households in the forested regions of the Zagros Mountains in Iran.MethodsThe research focuses on 157 forest villages, categorized into three groups based on their access to ...
Ahmad Bazgir, Rahim Maleknia, Mehdi Rahimian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cinza da lenha para aplicação em cerâmica vermelha. parte I: características da cinza Firewood ash for application in red ceramic. part I: characteristics of the ash

Cerâmica, 2005
A lenha de eucalipto constitui-se no principal combustível utilizado pelas indústrias de cerâmica vermelha do município de Campos dos Goytacazes, Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
M. C. Borlini, H. F. Sales, C. M. F. Vieira, R. A. Conte, D. G. Pinatti, S. N. Monteiro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electrification and Child Work: Direct and Spillover Effects in Ethiopia

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While electrification is often promoted for improving adults' labor supply, its effect on child work remains underexplored. Using four waves of Ethiopian panel data, we examine how electrification affects children's work time. By differentiating between households with and without own electricity access within electrified communities, we ...
Theresa Pieper, Thanh‐Tung Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation of woodfuel production participation among rural households in the drylands of Ethiopia

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Woodfuel production and consumption have been a concern for multiple stakeholders involved in household energy use, deforestation, and climate change. While research into the underlying decision-making process is growing, it remains insufficient.
Gonche Girma, Abebaw Shimeles, Tensaye Abate, Deginet Berhanu, Asabeneh Alemayehu, Azmera Belachew   +5 more
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Granny shows the way: Results from implementing an alternative fire-lighting method in Orange Farm

Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2017
High levels of air pollution caused by domestic coal burning create human health problems and unwarranted economic loss. The associated health cost is estimated at R1.2 billion per annum.
M Wentzel
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Development Finance on Energy Transitions and Green Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While global agendas promote energy transition and green growth, Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) struggles with low energy access, highlighting a development paradox between climate goals and energy poverty. By aligning aid and development finance with SDGs 7 and 13, we analyze whether development finance is at a crossroads in supporting ...
Clement Oteng, Pius Gamette, Edward Kweku Nunoo, Frederick Takyi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive Mapping of Dwarf Shrub Vegetation in an Arid High Mountain Ecosystem Using Remote Sensing and Random Forests

Remote Sensing, 2014
In many arid mountains, dwarf shrubs represent the most important fodder and firewood resources; therefore, they are intensely used. For the Eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan), they are assumed to be overused.
Kim André Vanselow, Cyrus Samimi
doaj   +1 more source