Women and fuelwood in Lupeta,Tanzania: Constraints to alternative fuels and fuelwood management strategies |
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| Authors: | Katie Preston Thomas G. Pypker Blair Orr |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Church and Dwight Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington, USA;2. Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;3. School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA |
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| Abstract: | The women in Lupeta, Tanzania use fuelwood as the primary source of fuel. The choices and constraints women face in fuelwood collection were examined using walks with women and semi-structured interviews. Women primarily use fuelwood with limited charcoal use. They would prefer to use more charcoal but costs, limited income, competition and ownership of trees, and land constrains them in both fuelwood collection and alternative strategies. |
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| Keywords: | Eastern arc firewood fuel ladder gender Kiboriani Forest tenure |
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