Wood fuel use in the traditional cooking stoves in the rural floodplain areas of Bangladesh: A socio-environmental perspective

Miah, Md. Danesh; Rashid, Harun Al; Shin, Man Yong

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.04.015

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“…Biomass energy sources are traditionally used for domestic cooking and in small rural industries. The technology used for burning biomass in Bangladesh has been proven to be very primitive, which could potentially increase GHG emissions and create health hazards (Miah et al, 2009). Due to the overuse of forest biomass, deforestation is a proven phenomenon in Bangladesh.…”

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Global observation of EKC hypothesis for CO2, SO and NO emission: A policy understanding for climate change mitigation in Bangladesh

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“…So the present use of the cowdung as fuel for cooking is certainly decreasing the fertility of the agricultural lands resulting to the low productivity of the agricultural crops (Balat & Ayar 2005). The environmental issues of this energy use in Bangladesh were well reported by Miah et al (2009). The same situation is prevailing in other developing countries too.…”

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Domestic use of biomass fuel in the rural Meghna floodplain areas of Bangladesh

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Miah²,

Koike³

2010

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionBiomass fuels contribute to the largest share of the energy uses in Bangladesh. Currently, biomass is the fourth largest source of energy which supplies 15% of the energy use in the world (Sudha & Ravindranath 1998). Only in the developing countries, traditional biomass fuels meet a large percentage (38%) of the total energy needs (Sudha et al. 2003). In some countries like Bangladesh, its use is as so high as 75-90%, mainly used for cooking and heating (Sudha et al. 2003). Woody and non-woody biomass in the form of fuelwood, crop residues and cowdung dominates as the energy source in the low income country. Rural households are the major consumer in this respect.About 77% of the populations in Bangladesh live in the rural areas and they need energy for their domestic use like cooking, crop processing, lighting, agricultural industries, social welfare and commercial activities (BBS 2006). Because of over exploitation of natural and homestead forests, fuel shortage intensity is being increased day by day. In Bangladesh, biomass plays an important role, especially in the rural areas, where most of the people live. The overuse of fuelwood is significantly sharing the deforestation process. In addition to this, there is an increased use of crop residues and cowdung as fuel which is depriving the agricultural soil of valuable nutrients and organic matter. However, the fuel choice by the households is influenced by the income, family size, educational status and the occupation of the household members (Rao & Reddy 2007). Sarker & Islam (1998) studied the household biomass fuel energy situation in the poor forest regions of Bangladesh. Miah et al. (2003) studied the biomass fuel use by the rural households in Chittagong region, Bangladesh. Jashimuddin et al. (2006) investigated the preference and consumption pattern of biomass fuel in some disregarded villages of Bangladesh. Akhter et al. (1999) studied the homestead biomass fuel energy situation of a forest rich district, Cox's Bazar. Rao & Reddy (2007) studied the variations of energy use by Indian households. Wijayatunga & Attalage (2002) analyzed the household cooking energy demand and its environmental impact in Sri Lanka. Xiaohua & Zhenming (1996) carried out a survey of rural household energy consumption in China.To know the biomass consumption and expenditure pattern in the rural households, no study was so far found in the Meghna floodplain zone of Bangladesh. Thus, the study was conducted to understand the biomass fuel consumption and its expenditure by the rural households in the specified geographical location. The findings of the study are expected to contribute to the sustainable energy development in Bangladesh. Methodology Study areaThe study was conducted at Raipura Upazila (local government unit under a district in Bangladesh) of Narsingdi district ( Fig. 1 Rural households in the developing countries constitute the largest share of the biomass fuel consumption. It is also a major source of energy in...

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“…85 Thus, this system saves the community 884 tons per year of wood from household cooking, which in turn saves a large amount of trees from being cut down. Again, these saved green trees will reduce GHG effects on the environment in a substantial way and assist with greenhouse gas balance.…”

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A practical biogas based energy neutral home system for rural communities of Bangladesh

Das

Ehsan

Kader

et al. 2016

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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Growing demand of energy consumption, subsequent increase in energy generation costs, and increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as global warming from the conventional energy sources, encourages interest worldwide to bring a higher percentage of renewable energy sources such as biogas into the energy mix to build a climate friendly environment for the future. Moreover, due to high investment and maintenance costs, governments are not providing enough support for grid extension and delivering electricity to remote locations or rural areas, in particular, in under-developing countries like Bangladesh. Therefore, this paper presents an Energy Neutral Home System (ENHS) that can meet all its energy requirements from low-cost, locally available, nonpolluting biogas generated from animal waste, in particular, chicken and cow manure. The proposed ENHS has been developed for rural community, typically an area of 200 families, and will not only provide cooking gas and sustainable and affordable power supply to the community with low emissions, but will also facilitate high quality fertilizer for agricultural purposes. In-depth analysis clearly demonstrates that the proposed ENHS not only offers electricity and cooking gas to the community with the lowest costs, but also reduces the energy crisis and GHG emissions and can play an active role in developing socio-economic infrastructure of rural communities in Bangladesh in many ways. V C 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.

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Wood fuel use in the traditional cooking stoves in the rural floodplain areas of Bangladesh: A socio-environmental perspective

Cited by 104 publications

References 29 publications

Global observation of EKC hypothesis for CO2, SO and NO emission: A policy understanding for climate change mitigation in Bangladesh

Global observation of EKC hypothesis for CO2, SO and NO emission: A policy understanding for climate change mitigation in Bangladesh

Domestic use of biomass fuel in the rural Meghna floodplain areas of Bangladesh

A practical biogas based energy neutral home system for rural communities of Bangladesh

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