Implications of charcoal briquette produced by local communities on livelihoods and environment in Nairobi-Kenya

International Journal of Renewable Energy Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-29

  Njenga, M ^a,b   Yonemitsu, A ^c   Karanja, N ^a   Iiyama, M ^b   Kithinji, J ^a   Dubbeling, M ^d   Sundberg, C ^e   Jamnadass, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d c/o ETC   (Netherlands)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Community based charcoal briquetting; Cooking fuel; Development; Poor neighbourhoods

Indexed keywords

BRIQUETS; BRIQUETTING; DUST; FUELS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITY BASED CHARCOAL BRIQUETTING; COMMUNITY-BASED; COOKING ENERGIES; COOKING FUELS; DEVELOPMENT; FUEL BRIQUETTES; LOCAL COMMUNITY; NEIGHBOURHOOD; POOR HOUSEHOLDS; POOR NEIGHBORHOOD;

CHARCOAL;

EID: 84905570939     PISSN: 22524940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14710/ijred.2.1.19-29     Document Type: Article

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