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Food security, safety nets and social protection in Ethiopia /

Studies in many African countries show that charcoal making is among the primary drivers of deforestation and subsequent land degradation. In the case of Ethiopia, charcoal is produced from state-owned (public) forests and woodlands. There is little regulatory intervention from the government side....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Uffelen, Jan-Gerrit van (Editor ), Pankhurst, Alula, 1962- (Editor ), Dessalegn Rahmato (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Addis Ababa : Forum for Social Studies, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgement; List of Tables; List of Figures; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Background; 1.2. Objective and Scope of the Study; 1.3. Study Areas and Methods; 1.3.1. Study Areas; 1.3.2. Methods; 1.4. Structure and Limitation of the Study; 2. Fuel-wood Production and Consumption in Ethiopia: Historical Review; 2.1. Fire-wood; 2.2. Charcoal; 2.3. Fuel-wood Scarcity: Brief Account; 3. Charcoal production; 3.1. What is Charcoal?; 3.2. Charcoal Quality; 3.3. The Charcoal Makers; 3.4. Charcoal Making Technologies.
  • 3.5. Production of Charcoal Briquettes3.6. Charcoal Producing Areas and the Preferred Tree Species; 3.7. Charcoal Production Trends; 4. Charcoal Supply, Marketing and Consumption in Selected Cities and Towns; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The City of Addis Ababa; 4.2.1. General Features of Respondents; 4.2.2. Views of Respondents on Charcoal Supply, Marketing and Consumption; 4.2.3. Charcoal Inflow; 4.2.4. The Charcoal Trade Chain; 4.3. Mekelle (Tigray Regional State); 4.4. Awash and Gewanie (Afar Regional State); 4.5. Bahir Dar (Amhara Regional State); 4.6. Adama (Oromiya Regional State).
  • 4.7. Hawassa and Arba-Minch (SNNPR)4.8. Harshin (Somali Regional State); 4.9. Dire Dawa City; 5. Charcoal Impacts; 5.1. Charcoal Impact Assessment; 5.2. Forest Resources of Ethiopia and the Charcoal Impact; 5.2.1. Forest and Woodland Resources; 5.2.2. The Charcoal Impact on Forests and Woodlands; 5.3. The charcoal Impact on Climate; 5.4. The Charcoal Impact on Soil; 5.5. The Charcoal Impact on Human Health; 6. The Institutional Deficits in the Charcoal Industry: The Way Forward; 6.1. Institutional Shortfalls; 6.2. The Way Forward.
  • 6.2.1. Charcoal as a Policy Agenda: Recognize and Legalize the Industry6.2.2. End Open-Access Situation; 6.2.3. Establish a Management System; 6.2.4. Establish a Charcoal Agency and a Data Centre; 6.2.5. Initiate Forest Plantations for Charcoal Production; 6.2.6. Improve Charcoal Technology and Diversify its Sources; 6.2.7. Develop Modern Energy Sources; 6.2.8. Education and Research; References; Back cover.