Consumption of fuelwood and other household cooking fuels in Indian cities

Dunkerley, Joy; Macauley, Molly K.; Naimuddin, M.; Agarwal, P.C.

doi:10.1016/0301-4215(90)90175-4

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“…Many factors influence firewood use within households. Several studies have analysed the link between the consumption of firewood and factors such as household income, climate, and family size (Kennes et al, 1984;Dunkerley et al, 1990;Mahapatra and Mitchell, 1999;Kituyi et al, 2001;Bhatt and Sachan, 2004;Johnson and Bryden, 2012;Onoja, 2012;San et al, 2012;Song et al, 2012;Rehnus et al, 2013;Ding et al, 2016;Semenya and Machete, 2019).…”

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Factors influencing the use of firewood post-electrification in rural South Africa: The case of Ga-Malahlela village

Masekela

Semenya

2021

J. energy South. Afr.

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Despite improved electrification rates and several government policies introduced to encourage rural households to switch from traditional to modern fuels, most South African households still rely on firewood for their energy needs. This study sought to assess the factors that influence the use of firewood in Ga-Malahlela village in the Limpopo province. To this end, a structured questionnaire was administered to 67 households. Microsoft Excel and the Statistical Package for Social Sciences were used to code and log in the data. The chi-square test was used to determine the relationship between the choice of energy source(s) and socio-economic factors. It was established that firewood was still widely used: by 61% of the participants for cooking, by 64% for space heating, and by 46% for water heating. For lighting, electricity was used by 98.5% of the participants, while liquefied petroleum gas was used by 1.5%. The dependency on firewood was mainly due to the socio-economic status of the surveyed households, which included income, education level, household size, and preference. Rural firewood reliance continues, due to socio-economic factors such as indigence, preference, and the inaccessibility of services like free basic electricity. It is therefore recommended that the Polokwane Local Municipality should play a part in assisting poor communities with cleaner, cost-effective fuel alternatives such as solar energy, biogas, and liquefied petroleum gas.

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Factors influencing the use of firewood post-electrification in rural South Africa: The case of Ga-Malahlela village

Masekela

Semenya

2021

J. energy South. Afr.

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“…Although surveys of fuelwood consumption at the regional level are an improvement over macro level studies, as the fuel consumption mix is different for different agro-climatic zones, the estimates give only consumption per capita for rural areas. Some studies addressed the urban energy patterns and only some of these studies analysed the determinants of urban energy demand (Ray, 1980;Alam, 1985;Macauley, 1989;Dunkerley et al, 1990, ESMAP, 1992. Other studies have looked into various other aspects of urban fuel usage.…”

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Fuel demand elasticities for energy and environmental policies: Indian sample survey evidence

2008

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India has been running large-scale interventions in the energy sector over the last decades. Still, there is a dearth of reliable and readily available price and income elasticities of demand to base these on, especially for domestic use of traditional fuels. This study uses the linear approximate almost ideal demand system (LA-AIDS) using micro data of more than 100,000 households sampled across India.The LA-AIDS model is expanded by specifying the intercept as a linear function of household characteristics. Marshallian and Hicksian price and expenditure elasticities of demand for four main fuels are estimated for both urban and rural areas by different income groups. These can be used to evaluate recent and current energy policies. The results can also be used for energy projections and carbon dioxide simulations given different growth rates for different segments of the Indian population.

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“…The remaining studies found fuelwood to be an inferior good with income negatively related, and price positively related, to demand. The results of three studies (Dunkerley et al, 1990;Hughes-Cromwick, 1985;Macauley et al, 1989) suggest that fuelwood is inferior, but modern fuels are superior.…”

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“…Although results indicate that household demand for fuelwood is characterized by low income and low price elasticities, there are conflicting results concerning the direction of the relationship between income and price, and energy demand. Dunkerley et al (1990) examine the consumption of fuelwood and other household cooking fuels (kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, and soft coke) in Hyderabad and Raipur, India. They estimate an income elasticity of -0.05 for total household cooking fuels and an income elasticity of -0.70 for fuelwood.…”

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An Econometric Analysis of Fuelwood Consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cuthbert

Dufournaud

1998

Environ Plan A

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Four models are estimated to examine the consumption of fuelwood in selected countries of Sub-Saharan Africa from 1970 to 1990. Using a two-stage least squares estimation technique, we use the models to analyze the effects of income and price on fuelwood demand. Variables included in the models are income, price, and precipitation with a dummy variable based on level of development. The best model yields an income elasticity of 0.39 and a price elasticity of -0.28, indicating that fuelwood is a superior, normal good. Attending to the mounting concerns about fuelwood depletion in Sub-Saharan Africa, we feel the results provide insights for the formulation of effective energy policies. Specifically, policy measures that simultaneously address household income and fuel price are required. Increasing household income, directly with income supplements or indirectly with the provision of energy-efficient cookstoves, has the potential to decrease fuelwood consumption. Similarly, price reforms that force the price of energy to reflect its real economic cost encourage more efficient consumption. IntroductionThe fuelwood crisis gained attention in the 1970s when much of the world was concerned with the crisis of modern fuels. By the late 1970s, growing concern for deforestation and fuelwood scarcity drew attention to the fact that fuelwood is the only obtainable energy source for millions of people. The notion of a fuelwood crisis quickly led to the estimation of fuelwood supply and demand.Conventional estimations of fuelwood demand suggest that, as population expands, fuelwood consumption increases and tree stocks diminish. Such estimation methods became common, leading to the development of what are referred to as the gap theory and the fuelwood orthodoxy. These theories are based on the assumption that general and widespread deforestation is caused by increased household consumption of fuelwood.In the recent past, both the gap theory and the fuelwood orthodoxy dominated almost every attempt to measure the severity of the fuelwood crisis, and the policies needed to alleviate it (Leach and Mearns, 1988). It has become increasingly accepted that both the gap theory and the fuelwood orthodoxy are flawed. More recent research suggests that deforestation and the resulting fuelwood crisis are caused by agricultural expansion-not by fuelwood consumption. The lack of understanding of the fuelwood crisis resulted in past studies overestimating future demands and underestimating the potential fuelwood supply (Benjaminsen, 1993;Cline-Cole et al, 1990;Foley, 1987;Munslow et al, 1988).Although there are numerous demand studies of fuelwood for other parts of the world, there are no large-scale systematic studies for Africa. Using pooled crosssectional, time-series data for eighteen Sub-Saharan countries, we estimate four models in which the determinants of fuelwood demand are based on the theory of

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Consumption of fuelwood and other household cooking fuels in Indian cities

Cited by 11 publications

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Factors influencing the use of firewood post-electrification in rural South Africa: The case of Ga-Malahlela village

Factors influencing the use of firewood post-electrification in rural South Africa: The case of Ga-Malahlela village

Fuel demand elasticities for energy and environmental policies: Indian sample survey evidence

An Econometric Analysis of Fuelwood Consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa

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