Future energy development in Tanzania

Hosier, Richard H.; Mwandosya, M. J.; Luhanga, Matthew L.

doi:10.1016/0301-4215(93)90039-i

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“…Another possible reason for the rather high price elasticity in low-income households found in our study is that the poor urban families compared to the richer ones may live in housing facilities which have more possibilities for using cheaper cooking energy sources like firewood or forest residues. Previous studies (e.g., [28,40,41,45,57]) confirm that high initial costs limit the low-income households to invest in electric, gas, or improved charcoal cooking stoves.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Although several studies such as by Faraji et al [38], Fisher et al [39], Hofstad [25], Hosier and Kipondya [40], Hosier et al [41], Mwampamba [11], and Schaafsma et al [42] have quantified household charcoal consumption and showed its economic, social, and ecological importance in Tanzania at village, regional, or national levels; very little research has been done regarding testing statistically what are the main determinants of this consumption. In fact, D'Agostino et al' study [43] is the only econometric study of charcoal consumption behavior in Tanzania we have come across.…”

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Effects of Income and Price on Household’s Charcoal Consumption in Three Cities of Tanzania

Nyamoga

Sjølie

Latta

et al. 2022

International Journal of Forestry Research

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More than 80% of the urban and periurban population in Tanzania depend on charcoal as their main source of energy for cooking. This charcoal is supplied from natural forests, mainly Miombo woodlands, and the high charcoal consumption is a main trigger for deforestation, forest degradation, and climate gas emissions. The country’s urban population is increasing at an annual rate of 5-6%, and better understanding of the urban demand for charcoal is of high interest regarding the country’s energy development, climate mitigation, and land use. We surveyed 360 households situated in the Tanzanian cities Dodoma, Morogoro, and Mtwara and analyzed statistically the impacts of household income, charcoal prices, and household size on the per capita charcoal consumption. For the total sample, statistically significant elasticities were found to be 0.03, −0.13, and −0.62 for per capita income, charcoal price, and household size, respectively. In the low-income group, the elasticities of charcoal price and household size were found to be statistically significant with the values of −0.44 and −0.59, respectively, whereas in the middle-income group, the household size was the only statistically significant variable, with elasticity −0.81. In the high-income group, we got statistically significant elasticities of 0.17 for per capita income and −0.44 for household size. These results are based on small samples and should be followed up by larger surveys.

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Effects of Income and Price on Household’s Charcoal Consumption in Three Cities of Tanzania

Nyamoga

Sjølie

Latta

et al. 2022

International Journal of Forestry Research

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“…Therefore, they only use traditional biomass sources such as wood fuel, animal dungs and agricultural residue [8]. In the rural communities of most African Nations including Nigeria, Charcoal serves as the major source of energy for cooking and as a source of income, it also contributes to environmental degradation as it has been estimated that increment in the urbanization results to an increment in charcoal consumption [9,10].…”

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Effect of Indiscriminate Charcoal Production on Nigeria Forest Estate

Rotowa¹,

Egbwole²,

Adeagbo³

et al. 2019

IJEPP

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Half of the world's population, and up to 95 percent in poor countries, rely on solid fuel including biomass fuel and charcoal to meet their energy needs. Fuel wood and charcoal are by far the most heavily consumed energy sources in Nigeria, rural dwellers who are the custodians of forests resources depend solely on it for livelihood and increase in demand for charcoal. Nigeria ranked the highest producer of charcoal in Africa and second in the world and the production trend of charcoal in Nigeria has over the years shown a steady increase yet Nigeria is not among the world leading nations in the exporting of charcoal which means the nation consumes a larger percentage of its annual produce locally. The continuous production is promotional to continuous deforestation and desertification which in-turns are a threat to sustainable environment. Thus the uses of forest trees for charcoal production still represent a threat to the future of the resources in local terms, especially in certain situations with high demand. With adequate forest management, supervision and control practices, however, the growth of charcoal use will no longer have serious impact on forested areas that supply consumption centers. Also, if measures are introduced to improve the supply of raw materials for charcoal production (through tree planting initiatives and participatory forest management), unsustainable production would gradually be replaced by regulated production on a sustainable basis.

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“…In SSA, up to 90% of the primary energy consumption are based on wood (Sosovele, 2010), representing up to 3% of national GDP, with charcoal being the preferred choice of urban households (Santos et al, 2017). For Dar es Salaam for instance, it is calculated that a 1% increase in urbanization leads to a 14% increase in charcoal demand (Hosier et al, 1993). Although rather old, this figure is substantiated by the reported growth of charcoal consumption in Tanzania as published by Peter and Sander (2009) (one million tons in 2009) and CAMCO (2014) (2.3 million tons in 2012).…”

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Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to the Charcoal Value Chain

Hoffmann

Sander

Brüntrup

et al. 2017

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Globally, natural resources are increasingly under pressure, especially due to population growth, economic growth and transformation as well as climate change. As a result, the water, energy, and food (WEF) nexus approach has emerged to understand interdependencies and commonly manage resources within a multi-scale and multi-level framework. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the high and growing consumption of traditional biomass for cooking purposes -notably fuelwood and charcoal-is both a key source of energy and contributor for food security as well as a pressure on natural resources. Improving the bioenergy value chains is essential for limiting environmental degradation and for securing the livelihoods of millions of people. Although the WEF nexus approach entails large potential to address the complex problems arising along the bioenergy value chains, these are currently not considered. Based on the WEF nexus approach, we analyze the different steps within the charcoal value chain in Sub-Saharan Africa and highlight the respective interdependencies and the potential for improving overall socio-economic and environmental sustainability. We emphasize the water, energy and food related implications of vicious and virtuous production cycles, separated by value chain segments. We discuss the potential and major challenges for implementing more sustainable value chains. Furthermore, we underline the necessity of applying WEF nexus approaches to these value chains in order to optimize environmental and social outcomes.

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Future energy development in Tanzania

Cited by 24 publications

References 5 publications

Effects of Income and Price on Household’s Charcoal Consumption in Three Cities of Tanzania

Effects of Income and Price on Household’s Charcoal Consumption in Three Cities of Tanzania

Effect of Indiscriminate Charcoal Production on Nigeria Forest Estate

Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to the Charcoal Value Chain

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