Towards Sustainable Charcoal Production And Trade In Baringo County

Author : Bourne, M.,Sola, P.,Njenga, M.,Koech, G.,Kirimi, M.,Ignatius, S.,Otieno, E.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Towards sustainable charcoal production and trade in Baringo County by Bourne, M.,Sola, P.,Njenga, M.,Koech, G.,Kirimi, M.,Ignatius, S.,Otieno, E. Pdf

Key messagesWoodfuel, particularly charcoal, is an important energy source in urban areas and a livelihood source in rural areas.Actors in the Baringo–Nairobi charcoal value chain get between KES 107 and 613 per bag of charcoal depending on their location and role.In most parts of Baringo County, charcoal is produced from the invasive species Prosopis juliflora (mathenge, also known in some countries as ‘mesquite’).Community members, stakeholders and county officials identified priorities for the production and governance of the mathenge charcoal value chain.Strategies include proper management of biomass, efficient processing and effective utilization, and adequately regulated and supported value chains from production to consumption.Good governance of woodfuel value chains will only be achieved when there are transparent, consistent and coordinated regulatory institutional mechanisms that support and incentivize compliance and penalize illegality along the whole value chain. The County Environment Committee initiated a governance process, whilst community members have been engaged in sustainable mathenge charcoal production in Marigat Sub-county.

Author : Sola, P.,Bourne, M.,Okeyo, I.,Njenga, M.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786023871483

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Governance of woodfuel value chains in Kenya by Sola, P.,Bourne, M.,Okeyo, I.,Njenga, M. Pdf

Successful woodfuel value chain governance is dependent on the existence of known policies that are implemented, rules and regulations that are enforced and complied with by value chain actors and institutions with capacity to regulate and render support. Kenya has formulated policies nd enacted legislation for guiding, managing and supporting woodfuel value chains. These policies and legal frameworks have evolved over the years, integrating provisions for sustainable production, distribution and use of woodfuel. However, even with well-developed policies and legislative frameworks, charcoal value chains are inadequately governed, beset by illegality, weak institutional arrangements, overlapping mandates and limited coordination and cooperation. Nonetheless, charcoal value chains have remained resilient despite the bans and moratoria throughout the decades and likely to continue in the foreseeable future. Limited knowledge, lack of incentives for sustainable production and limited support for organized efforts to manage woodfuel resources are contributing to low compliance with rules and regulations. Therefore, the development and implementation of interventions coupled with appropriate investments to incentivize and catalyze sustainable woodfuel production and trade cannot be over emphasized.

Author : Sola, P.,Bourne, M.,Njenga, M.,Kitema, A.,Ignatius, S.,Koech, G.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Towards sustainable charcoal production and trade in Kitui County by Sola, P.,Bourne, M.,Njenga, M.,Kitema, A.,Ignatius, S.,Koech, G. Pdf

Key messages Woodfuel, particularly charcoal, is an important livelihood source in Kitui County, with consumption largely in urban areas within and beyond the county, where it is still a critical energy source. While charcoal movement out of the county has been banned since 2018, trade has continued in some form because of inadequate support, guidance and regulation. While briquette production has been promoted, it has not seen substantial demand. Because charcoal production has continued, a sustainable charcoal value chain in Kitui County has to be explored, including i) management of woodlands and sustainable harvesting of trees, e.g. through natural regeneration and enrichment planting of trees on degraded private and public lands; ii) promotion of efficient processing and carbonization; and iii) efficient and clean cooking. Current institutional arrangements for guiding, supporting and controlling the value chain activities and actors can be improved to enhance the sustainability, enforcement, compliance, capacity and competitiveness of local value chains. World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) and partners undertook a number of activities in Kitui County and more widely in Kenya as a whole to generate evidence, knowledge and policy options, and to facilitate engagement for more sustainable woodfuel value chains under the project entitled Governing Multifunctional Landscapes (GML) in sub-Saharan Africa launched in 2018. This brief summarises the key interventions and learnings from the project with particular focus on Kitui County.

Author : Wanjira, E.O.,Kitema, A.,Sola, P.,Muriuki, J.,Njenga, M.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Community action planning for sustainable woodfuel production in Baringo and Kitui counties, Kenya by Wanjira, E.O.,Kitema, A.,Sola, P.,Muriuki, J.,Njenga, M. Pdf

Author : Grouwels, S.,Kisoyan, P.,Kitema, A.,Wanjira, E.O.,Ziba, V.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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From laissez–faire to organized groups – A short history of sustainable charcoal producer associations in Kenya and Zambia by Grouwels, S.,Kisoyan, P.,Kitema, A.,Wanjira, E.O.,Ziba, V. Pdf

Author : Koech, G.,Sola, P.,Wanjira, E.O.,Kirimi, M.,Rotich, H.,Njenga, M.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Charcoal production from invasive Prosopis juliflora in Baringo County, Kenya by Koech, G.,Sola, P.,Wanjira, E.O.,Kirimi, M.,Rotich, H.,Njenga, M. Pdf

Author : Schure, J.,Hubert, D.,Ducenne, H.,Kirimi, M.,Awono, A.,Mpuruta-Ka-Tito, R.,Mumbere, G.,Njenga, M.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Carbonization 2.0: How to produce more charcoal with less wood and emissions by Schure, J.,Hubert, D.,Ducenne, H.,Kirimi, M.,Awono, A.,Mpuruta-Ka-Tito, R.,Mumbere, G.,Njenga, M. Pdf

Author : David A. Hensher,Lester W. Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351140744

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Applied Discrete-Choice Modelling by David A. Hensher,Lester W. Johnson Pdf

Originally published in 1981. Discrete-choice modelling is an area of econometrics where significant advances have been made at the research level. This book presents an overview of these advances, explaining the theory underlying the model, and explores its various applications. It shows how operational choice models can be used, and how they are particularly useful for a better understanding of consumer demand theory. It discusses particular problems connected with the model and its use, and reports on the authors’ own empirical research. This is a comprehensive survey of research developments in discrete choice modelling and its applications.

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367660717

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Narratives of Low-Carbon Transitions by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

"The Open Access version of this book, available at https: //doi.org/10.4324/9780429458781, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license." This book examines the uncertainties underlying various strategies for a low-carbon future. Most prominently, such strategies relate to transitions in the energy sector, on both the supply and the demand side. At the same time they interact with other sectors, such as industrial production, transport, and building, and ultimately require new behaviour patterns at household and individual levels. Currently, much research is available on the effectiveness of these strategies but, in order to successfully implement comprehensive transition pathways, it is crucial not only to understand the benefits but also the risks. Filling this gap, this volume provides an interdisciplinary, conceptual framework to assess risks and uncertainties associated with low-carbon policies and applies this consistently across 11 country cases from around the world, illustrating alternative transition pathways in various contexts. The cases are presented as narratives, drawing on stakeholder-driven research efforts. They showcase diverse empirical evidence reflecting the complex challenges to and potential negative consequences of such pathways. Together, they enable the reader to draw valuable lessons on the risks and uncertainties associated with choosing the envisaged transition pathways, as well as ways to manage the implementation of these pathways and ultimately enable sustainable and lasting social and environmental effects. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners of environmental and energy policy, low-carbon transitions, renewable energy technologies, climate change action, and sustainability in general.

Author : Abwoli Y Banana,Patrick Byakagaba,Aaron JM Russell,Daniel Waiswa,Allan Bomuhangi
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9786021504475

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A review of Uganda’s national policies relevant to climate change adaptation and mitigation by Abwoli Y Banana,Patrick Byakagaba,Aaron JM Russell,Daniel Waiswa,Allan Bomuhangi Pdf

Climate change is expected to bring new challenges and opportunities for the livelihoods of rural communities in Uganda, where more than 80% of the population depends on rain-fed agriculture. The purpose of this review was to analyze national policies on climate change adaptation, agriculture, forests, management of forested and agroforested landscape ecosystems and their goods and services, and the roles of stakeholders in the national arena. Recognizing the role of forest cover in climate change mitigation and adaptation, this review is based on stakeholder engagement and analysis of published literature on the policy, institutional and socioeconomic drivers of forest cover change around Mount Elgon. The bulk of Uganda’s forests are on land under private ownership and deforestation has occurred mainly in such forests. Several national laws and international conventions ratified by Uganda offer a framework under which forests are managed. Management of protected forests is shared between central and local authorities. Several natural resource policies are likely to have significant unintended impacts that may enable or limit the adaptation of stakeholders and ecosystems to climate change. The current climate change policy, which is an overarching document that addresses climate change in Uganda, suggests that policy responses, either sector specific or crosscutting in nature, be harmonized in order to better address the challenges associated with climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Author : Edmund G. C. Barrow
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831706556

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Analysis of Stakeholder Power and Responsibilities in Community Involvement in Forest Management in Eastern and Southern Africa by Edmund G. C. Barrow Pdf

Author : Arnold van Huis,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Bright Sparks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 9251075956

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Edible Insects by Arnold van Huis,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Edible insects have always been a part of human diets, but in some societies there remains a degree of disdain and disgust for their consumption. Although the majority of consumed insects are gathered in forest habitats, mass-rearing systems are being developed in many countries. Insects offer a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science to improve human food security worldwide. This publication describes the contribution of insects to food security and examines future prospects for raising insects at a commercial scale to improve food and feed production, diversify diets, and support livelihoods in both developing and developed countries. It shows the many traditional and potential new uses of insects for direct human consumption and the opportunities for and constraints to farming them for food and feed. It examines the body of research on issues such as insect nutrition and food safety, the use of insects as animal feed, and the processing and preservation of insects and their products. It highlights the need to develop a regulatory framework to govern the use of insects for food security. And it presents case studies and examples from around the world. Edible insects are a promising alternative to the conventional production of meat, either for direct human consumption or for indirect use as feedstock. To fully realise this potential, much work needs to be done by a wide range of stakeholders. This publication will boost awareness of the many valuable roles that insects play in sustaining nature and human life, and it will stimulate debate on the expansion of the use of insects as food and feed.

Author : D. M. Kamweti,Deborah Osiro,Donald Anthony Mwiturubani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Offenses against the environment
ISBN : 1920114904

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Nature and Extent of Environmental Crime in Kenya by D. M. Kamweti,Deborah Osiro,Donald Anthony Mwiturubani Pdf

Author : Peter Wass
Publisher : Iucn
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831702925

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Kenya's Indigenous Forests by Peter Wass Pdf

The result of work of the Kenya Indigenous Forest Conservation Programme, this report provides a summary of the existing information about Kenya's indigenous forests. It covers geographical background; assessment of the biodiversity, environmental services, and wood products functions and values; population pressures; utilization; economic value; policy; legislation; management guidelines; and criteria for management planning of such forests.

Author : Arnab Banerjee,Ram Swaroop Meena,Manoj Kumar Jhariya,Dhiraj Kumar Yadav
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811594960

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Agroecological Footprints Management for Sustainable Food System by Arnab Banerjee,Ram Swaroop Meena,Manoj Kumar Jhariya,Dhiraj Kumar Yadav Pdf

Agroecological footprints are a unique and popular concept for sustainable food system. Measuring and keeping a tab on the agroecological footprints of various human activities has gained remarkable interest in the past decade. From a range of human activities, food production and agriculture are most essential as well as extremely dependent on the agroecosystems. It is therefore crucial to understand the interaction of agroecosystem constituents with the extensive agricultural practices. The environmental impact measured in terms of agroecological footprints for a healthy for the sustainable food system. The editors critically examine the status of agroecological footprints and how it can be maintained within sustainable limits. Drawing upon research and examples from around the world, the book is offering an up-to-date account, and insight into how agroecology can be implemented as a solution in the form of eco-friendly practices that would boost up the production, curbs the environmental impacts, improves the bio-capacity, and reduces the agroecological footprints. It further discusses the changing status of the agroecological footprints and the growth of other footprint tools and types, such as land, water, carbon, nitrogen, etc. This book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, government planners, climate change scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, agroforestry, agroecology, soil science, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policymakers will also find this to be useful to achieve the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’.