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DOI	10.3389/fsufs.2019.00028
	Adapting to Fuelwood Scarcity: The Farmers' Perspective
	Scheid, Aaron; Hafner, Johannes Michael; Hoffmann, Harry; Kaechele, Harald; Uckert, Gotz; Sieber, Stefan; Rybak, Constance
通讯作者	Scheid, A
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
EISSN	2571-581X
出版年	2019
卷号	3
英文摘要	About 3 billion people worldwide depend on fuelwood to meet their domestic energy needs. Almost 90% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa use fuelwood-based forms of energy. However, its use is often unsustainable and is one driver of environmental degradation. In Tanzania, the majority of rural residents depend on fuelwood as their major source of cooking energy. The adaptation measures applied by small-scale farmers in response to fuelwood scarcity are typically unsustainable with regard to socio-economic, environmental, and food security dimensions. This study applies a methodological framework that assesses the personally experienced impact of coping strategies by local stakeholders on sustainability criteria. This framework comprises (1) the selection of appropriate adaptation measures; (2) the identification of local sustainability criteria; and (3) the participatory impact and frequency assessments at two case study sites in the semi-arid region of Dodoma in central Tanzania. Overall, eight coping strategies from 23 measures applied in the region were selected and four sustainability criteria defined by local key informants were identified. The participatory impact and frequency assessment show that the strategies of on-farm tree planting and use of improved cooking stoves are rated as positive across all four sustainability criteria and are regularly applied by the farmers. Two of the eight strategies are clearly negative: eat fewer meals and increase in walking distance to collect fuelwood. These measures are regularly and widely used by farmers, thus amplifying the negative rating. Overall, the experiences of farmers suggest that applied coping strategies have the greatest negative effect on the environmental condition and, on average, a rather positive effect on economic conditions. The results offer an approach for developing a reliable monitoring of how adaptation measures are applied in response to fuelwood scarcity and to achieve distinct values for benchmarking.
英文关键词	participatory impact assessment firewood scarcity energy access sustainability coping strategies Dodoma Tanzania food security
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000535585000001
WOS关键词	PARTICIPATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT ; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ; FOOD SECURITY ; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT ; ENERGY SUBSTITUTION ; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS ; CONSUMPTION ; DISTRICT ; COMMUNITY ; STOVES
WOS类目	Food Science & Technology
WOS研究方向	Food Science & Technology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/334137
作者单位	[Scheid, Aaron; Kaechele, Harald] Eberswalde Univ Sustainable Dev HNEE, Eberswalde, Germany; [Hafner, Johannes Michael; Hoffmann, Harry; Kaechele, Harald; Uckert, Gotz; Sieber, Stefan; Rybak, Constance] Leibniz Ctr Agr Landscape Res ZALF, Muncheberg, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Scheid, Aaron,Hafner, Johannes Michael,Hoffmann, Harry,et al. Adapting to Fuelwood Scarcity: The Farmers' Perspective[J],2019,3.
APA	Scheid, Aaron.,Hafner, Johannes Michael.,Hoffmann, Harry.,Kaechele, Harald.,Uckert, Gotz.,...&Rybak, Constance.(2019).Adapting to Fuelwood Scarcity: The Farmers' Perspective.FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS,3.
MLA	Scheid, Aaron,et al."Adapting to Fuelwood Scarcity: The Farmers' Perspective".FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS 3(2019).