Reduction in Firewood Consumption due to Implementation of Improved Cookstoves in Melghat Tiger Reserve, India

Kulkarni, Jayant; Mehta, P. C.; Vartak, Anuja; Ghose, Dipankar; Reddy, M. Sreenivas

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“…Of particular significance, the exclusion variables in the selection equation uncovered a negative correlation between firewood and cooking appliances. This is because clean stoves and cooking ranges are commonly powered by natural gas, rendering firewood an improbable option for cooking fuel as reported by Hasan and Zhang, (2018) among Pakistani households and by Kulkarni et al (2022) in India. The results of Heckman second stage analysis reveal a significant and positive coefficient for household head age, indicating that as the head gets older household expenditure on firewood also increases.…”

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Economic evaluation of household firewood consumption and carbon footprints in Pakistan: implication for climate change mitigations

Hasan

2023

PAKJAS

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Controlling the carbon footprints of household firewood consumption is critical for promoting global sustainability and mitigating the impacts of climate change. This study aims to investigate the determinants of household firewood consumption and associated carbon footprint in Pakistan by employing the 2018–2019 data of Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES), Heckman selection model, and Tobit regression method. On average, households consumed 1706 kg of firewood in Pakistan annually, which generated carbon emissions of 19.29 Gg per annum. The results of first stage of Heckman selection model reveal that household head’s primary education, agricultural occupation, household size, rural residency, and KP region contribute to choosing firewood as an energy source, while head’s higher education, household income, housing types, adoption of cooking range and clean stoves, and residency in Punjab and Sindh provinces discourage firewood use. Similarly, the results of the second stage of Heckman model demonstrate that head’s age, household size, income, detached and semidetached houses, and KP residency significantly account for household firewood consumption expenditure. Findings of Tobit regression uncover that illiterate head with agricultural occupation, household size, and rural residency in particular in KP province have a significant association with household carbon emissions. However, female-headed households, higher education, paid work, household income, and Punjab and Sindh residencies tend to generate lower carbon emissions. Therefore, the study suggests raising awareness among females about the harmful effects of firewood energy, expanding access to alternative cleaner energy sources, and promoting the use of clean and efficient stoves. In addition, increasing household income and decreasing household size could be other valid policy options for reducing household carbon footprints

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Economic evaluation of household firewood consumption and carbon footprints in Pakistan: implication for climate change mitigations

Hasan

2023

PAKJAS

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Reimagining Household Cooking: A Critical Assessment of Improved Cookstoves Implementation for Sustainable Development

Kaneriya,

Dohare,

Khatib

2024

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

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Food is one of the most important components for the survival of humans. Women suffer the most impacts of the cooking harmful gases and particulate matters that are 2.5 microns (PM2.5) or less such as PM10. Improved cookstoves are used to reduce firewood consumption, lower the smoke released from the kitchen, help women improve their health, and conserve native trees in the area. Sustainably managed biomass, unlike the burning of fossil fuels, is considered carbon neutral since it does not contribute to the overall carbon emissions in the atmosphere. In 2015, the United Nation mentioned 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. This research aims to assess an improvement in the cookstove implementation level within the clean development, by reducing the carbon emissions following the Indian perspective for the program of better cookstoves.

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Performance evaluation of popular improved biomass cookstoves from a rural community along the Indo-Gangetic Plains

Aier

Kakati

Vijay

et al. 2023

Biomass Conv. Bioref.

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Reduction in Firewood Consumption due to Implementation of Improved Cookstoves in Melghat Tiger Reserve, India

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Economic evaluation of household firewood consumption and carbon footprints in Pakistan: implication for climate change mitigations

Economic evaluation of household firewood consumption and carbon footprints in Pakistan: implication for climate change mitigations

Reimagining Household Cooking: A Critical Assessment of Improved Cookstoves Implementation for Sustainable Development

Performance evaluation of popular improved biomass cookstoves from a rural community along the Indo-Gangetic Plains

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