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    Woodfuel consumption in Shinyanga rural district, Tanzania
    (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013) Mangi, Jonas Kasala
    This study was conducted in Shinyanga Rural district. Tanzania to assess the woodfuel consumption at the household level. Specifically, its objectives were to identify woodfuel supply sources, species and uses as well as to determine the quantity of woodfuel consumed by households. Furthermore, woodfuel consumption influencing factors were also assessed. Data were collected through household’s questionnaires, checklists, and participant observations. The Quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software tools. Findings showed that the natural forests and man made forests were the ideal supply sources of woodfuel. Results also revealed that about 65 tree species were recorded and botanically identified for woodfuel production. Woodfuel was found as major energy source for cooking in the study area. However, due to woodfuel scarcity, crop residues and cow dung are also used as options at households for cooking particularly during the dry and harvesting periods. Furthermore, the total amounts fuelwood and charcoal consumed by the households per year were estimated at 711 m3 and 204 m3 while, fuelwood and charcoal per capita consumption were estimated at 0.67 m3 and 0.14 m3 respectively. Moreover, results revealed that, household’s family size and household’s occupation significantly showed positive linear relationship with woodfuel consumption at (p < 0.05). Whilst, education level and time use for its collection at (p < 0.05) had no significant relationship with the quantity of woodfiiel consumed. Despite its significant contribution to socio economic livelihoods, sustainability of woodfuel has received low priorities for its utilization development in the study area. It is burden for the collectors and also it is unenyironmentaily friendly since its collection involves cutting small trees and shrubs which are at regenerating stage for tree growth development. In order to ensure sustainable supply of woodfuel it is recommended that the use of improved cooking stoves, tree planting, encourage agroforestry farming system as well as communityiii awareness rising on woodfuel scarcity implication to surroundings and livelihood of households, be promoted.