Estimation of household energy consumption intensities around and within miombo woodlands in Morogoro and Songea Districts, Tanzania
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Date
2021
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Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation
Abstract
The aim of the study was to estimate
households’ fuel consumption intensities.
Stratified random sampling design was used
to select a total of 568 respondent
households. Data was collected using pre-
tested and pilot-tested questionnaires, direct
measurements,
direct
observations,
interviews and focus group discussions. A
statistical package for social sciences (SPSS)
and Microsoft excel computer programmes
were used to analyse data. Results showed
that 79.8% - 83.2% of households use
firewood as energy source at a rate of 6.734
– 6.746 kg household -1 day -1 , and they use
charcoal as energy source at a rate of 3.336
– 3.344 kg household -1 day -1 . It is concluded
that the household wood fuel consumption is
of a sizeable intensity and has the highest
contributory effect on total household energy
consumption. There was a notable difference
in the inter-strata wood fuel consumption. It
is recommended that strata (location)-
specific strategies would be appropriate in
addressing wood fuels issues in the study
area: “one-size-fits-all” approach in
addressing wood fuel issues in the study area,
whenever feasible, should be discouraged
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Household, energy, consumption, intensities