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The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa

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Title The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa
 
Creator Iiyama, Miyuki
Neufeldt, Henry
Dobie, P.
Njenga M
Ndegwa G
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
 
Subject climate
agriculture
agroforestry
charcoal
 
Description Woodfuel plays a critical role in energy provision in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and is predicted to remain dominant within the energy portfolio of the population in the coming decades. Although current inefficient technologies of production and consumption are associated with negative socio-economic and environmental outcomes, projected charcoal intensive pathways along with urbanization may further accelerate pressures on tree covers. This paper reviews the status of the woodfuel sector in SSA, and estimates the magnitude of impacts of increasing wood demand for charcoal production on tree cover, which will be obviously unsustainable under business-as-usual scenarios. Agroforestry, if widely adopted as an integrated strategy together with improved kilns and stoves, can have a significant impact to reduce wood harvest pressures in forests through sustainably supplying trees on farm. A systematic approach is required to promote multi-purpose agroforestry systems compatible with farmers’ needs under local farming systems and current dryland socio-economic contexts.
 
Date 2014-02
2014-12-16T06:37:38Z
2014-12-16T06:37:38Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Iiyama M, Neufeldt H, Dobie P, Njenga M, Ndegwa G, Jamnadass R. 2014. The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 6: 138-147.
1877-3435
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52174
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.12.003
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-3.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 138-147
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability