Tree planting for wood fuel

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dc.contributor.authorLusambo, L.P
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T10:29:55Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T10:29:55Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-20
dc.descriptionTree plantingen_US
dc.description.abstractSUMMARY • 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 plantingen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSUAen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.10.11.5/xmlui/handle/123/689
dc.language.isootheren_US
dc.publisherSokoine University of Agricultureen_US
dc.subjectEnergy,Wood fuel, Forestsen_US
dc.titleTree planting for wood fuelen_US
dc.title.alternativePRESENT SITUATION, CHALLENGES AND OPPOTUNITYen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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