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ArticleTheScientificWorldJournal2022

The Energy Potential of Harvested Wood Fuel by Refugees in Northern Uganda.

Bernard Barasa, Loy Turyabanawe, Gertrude Akello, Paul Makoba Gudoyi, Claire Nabatta, Andrew Mulabbi

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Article in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bernard BarasaDepartment of Geography, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kyambogo-Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4339-2422
Loy TuryabanaweDepartment of Geography, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kyambogo-Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1158-1977
Gertrude AkelloDepartment of Geography, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kyambogo-Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0682-3118
Paul Makoba GudoyiDepartment of Geography, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kyambogo-Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4969-7369
Claire NabattaDepartment of Geography, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kyambogo-Kampala, Uganda.
Andrew MulabbiDepartment of Geography, Kyambogo University, P.O. Box 1, Kyambogo-Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1186-6681
Kyambogo University · UG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the last three decades, Uganda has lost considerable natural vegetation cover in the refugee settlements and buffer zones due to the high demand for wood fuel and timber. It is worthy to note that the supplies of wood fuel are more likely to dwindle in the near future. This study explored the determinants of harvested wood-fuel choices and their energy potential. It also examined the implemented energy conservation measures and constraints faced by the refugees both in Palorinya and Imvepi refugee settlements in Northern Uganda. The data were collected by conducting household interviews and collection of wood species samples for energy potential laboratory analysis. Findings indicate that the major sources of wood fuel were firewood, charcoal, briquettes, and biomass fuels. The major refugee choices that determined wood-fuel collection included the family size of the house hold, culture, method of cooking, type of food cooked, high poverty levels, and availability of family labour (

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RefugeesWoodAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overConservation of Energy ResourcesCookingEnergy-Generating ResourcesFamily CharacteristicsFemaleHumansLightingMaleMiddle AgedUganda

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PMID35241976
PMCPMC8888096
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