Analysis of woodfuel supply and demand balance in Kiambu, Thika and Maragwa districts in central Kenya

dc.contributor.authorGithiomi, J. K.
dc.contributor.authorKung’u, J.B.
dc.contributor.authorMugendi, D. N.
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-05T13:13:23Z
dc.date.available2016-04-05T13:13:23Z
dc.date.issued2012-04-01
dc.descriptionDOI: 10.5897/JHF12.003en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was undertaken in Kiambu, Thika and Maragwa districts of Central Kenya and it aimed at developing micro-level wood energy plan that would act as a case study for future decentralized wood energy plans in Kenya. Primary data was collected from households, service/production institutions comprising of factories/industries, schools, restaurants, hospitals and prisons using structured questionnaires. The study established a deficit between supply and demand balance of -41.7, -45.6 and -50.1% of woodfuel in 2006 for Kiambu, Thika and Maragwa districts respectively. The strategies suggested in micro-level wood energy plans to curb these deficits include allocation of gazette plantation forest to fuel wood production, increase of improved stove technology, increase of on-farm tree land area and use of alternative energy sources. The combination of all these strategies gave a surplus of 22,903, 46,947 and 32,409 tons of woodfuel in Kiambu, Thika and Maragwa districts, respectively by 2018. The study recommended implementation of the identified strategies aimed at reducing the huge deficit between supply and demand, enhancing inter-institutional collaboration in all sectors related to wood energy development, developing clear policies to guide charcoal and firewood production and marketing and having regular wood energy surveysen_US
dc.identifier.issn2006-9782
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/14530
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Horticulture and Forestryen_US
dc.subjectCentral Kenyaen_US
dc.subjectWood energyen_US
dc.subjectPlanningen_US
dc.subjectWoodfuel deficiten_US
dc.titleAnalysis of woodfuel supply and demand balance in Kiambu, Thika and Maragwa districts in central Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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