Tree planting for wood fuel
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Date
2020-08-20
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
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Wood fuel is the principal source of energy, accounting for 91 per cent of the total energy consumed in Tanzania. The dependency on wood fuel is expected to continue for the foreseeable future but the supply of wood fuel is dwindling in all regions. The Government has accorded high priority to the production of wood fuel and to environmental protection. Evidence suggests a number of factors influencing overwhelming dependence on wood fuel: poor availability of alternative sources of energy and escalating prices of the available non-wood fuels. Effects of these factors are exacerbated by poverty among the community. NAFORMA (2015) reported the consumption of wood exceeds the sustainable supply, causing an annual wood deficit of 19.5 million m3 (MNRT, 2015). Lusambo (2009) found that 36% of the wood fuel (round wood equivalent) consumption was in the form of charcoal, while 64% was in the form of firewood. Household fuel consumption in the study areas was found to be unsustainable: heavy dependency on wood fuel was found to be responsible for net deforestation rate of 12.48 ha/day, translating to 45% of total deforestation in Tanzania (Lusambo, 2009). Several technologies for tree planting for wood fuel exist: establishment of communal woodlots, combination of land reclamation with wood fuel production, central and individual nurseries, use of cuttings and self-germinating seedlings, individual tree-planting based on agro-forestry and intensification of women involvement in tree planting programmes. This presentation focuses on extent of wood fuel consumption, tree planting, constraints and opportunities for engaging in tree planting.
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Tree planting
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Energy,Wood fuel, Forests