Theme: Fuelwood and Charcoal

Input: Fossil Fuel-based Economy and Human Rights

The United Nations (UN)

Chinweze A. Chinedu, Chioma P. Ezeigbo, Chitzi C. Ogbumgbada, Godswill A. Agbaitoro, Mark K. Amakoromo

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Fuelwood and Charcoal, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Lifestyles
Year: 2025

Cleaner Cooking With Charcoal In Kibera Informal Settlement In Nairobi Kenya And Its Implications For Livelihoods And The Environment

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Moses Kirimi, James K. Gitau, Ruth Mendum, Catherine Muthuri, Mary Njenga

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Clean Cooking, Fuelwood and Charcoal, Climate Change Impacts, Nairobi County
Year: 2023

Solaxy Clean Cookstove Initiative

Solaxy Group Corp

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Clean Cooking, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2023

Reconciliation Of Charcoal Production And Preservation Of Biological Diversity In Kenya

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Fuelwood and Charcoal, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Kajiado County
Year: 2023

Cleaner Cooking with Charcoal in Kibera Informal Settlement in Nairobi,Kenya,and Its Implications for Livelihoods and the Environment

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Catherine Muthuri, James K. Gitau, Mary Njenga, Moses Kirimi, Ruth Mendum

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Clean Cooking, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2023

Conservation Of Terrestrial Flora And Fauna In Rachuonyo South Sub-County, Kenya: Situational Analysis Of Vegetation Clearance

IOSR Journal of Environmental Science Toxicology and Food Technology

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Land Use and Land-use Change, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2023

Effects Of Charcoal Ban On Value Chains And Livelihoods In Kenyan Coast ? Stakeholders? Perceptions

Elsevier

Chemuku Wekesa, Doris Mutta, Mahamane Larwanou, Godwin Kowero, Anders Roos

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Fuelwood and Charcoal, Clean Cooking, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Policy and Legislation
Year: 2023

The Future of Cooking is Electric

Global Cooksafe Coalition (GCC)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Clean Cooking, Electricity, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2022

On-farm biochar woodfuel systems in rural Kenya: Some lessons from a case study

World Agroforestry Centre

Cecilia Sundberg, James Kinyua Gitau, Mary Njenga, Ruth Mendum

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2022

Community action planning for sustainable woodfuel production in Baringo and Kitui counties,Kenya

Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Erick Otieno Wanjira, Anthony Kitema, Phosiso Sola, Jonathan Muriuki, Mary Njenga

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Fuelwood and Charcoal, Baringo County, Kitui County, Counties
Year: 2022

Operations and improvement needs in the informal charcoal sector: a participatory value stream analysis

International Forestry Review

Anders Roos, Chemuku Wekesa, Doris Mutta, Godwin Kowero, Mahamane Larwanou

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2021

Carbonization 2.0: How to produce more charcoal with less wood and emissions

Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

A. Awono, D. Hubert, G. Mumbere, H. Ducenne, J. Schure, M. Kirimi, Mary Njenga, R. Mpuruta-Ka-Tito

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2021

Charcoal production from invasive Prosopis juliflora in Baringo County,Kenya

Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Erick Otieno Wanjira, Grace Koech, H. Rotich, Mary Njenga, Moses Kirimi, Phosiso Sola

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Baringo County, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Counties, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2021

Charcoal value chains in Africa and their role for sustainable development

Swedish Development Research Network (SweDev)

Anders Roos, Chemuku Wekesa, Doris Mutta, Godwin Kowero, Mahamane Larwanou

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Africa, Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2021

Evaluating charcoal producers' preferences for improved production systems in Marigat sub county,Baringo County

Elsevier

Ignatius Siko, Philip Otieno, Phosiso Sola, Richard Mulwa

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Baringo County, Counties, Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2021

The Potentials and Challenges of Achieving Sustainability through Charcoal Producer Associations in Kenya: A Missed Opportunity?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Esther Kamwilu, Lalisa A. Duguma, Levi Orero

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Conservancy, Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2021

The charcoal value chain in Kenya: Actors,practices and trade flows in selected sites

World Agroforestry Centre

Geoffrey Ndegwa, Phosiso Sola, Ignatius Siko, Moses Kirimi, Erick Otieno Wanjira, Grace Koech, Markus Ihalainen, Miyuki Iiyama, Jonathan Muriuki, Mary Njenga

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Fuelwood and Charcoal, Trade and Supply Chains
Year: 2021

Regulatory compliance, motivations and capacities in charcoal production in Baringo and Kitui counties, Kenya.

World Agroforestry Centre

Anthony Kitema, Erick Otieno Wanjira, Ivy Amugune, Jared Gambo, Phosiso Sola, Ruth Muthui

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Baringo County, Counties, Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal, Kitui County
Year: 2021

Modelling stakeholder agency to investigate sustainable charcoal markets in Kenya

Elsevier

Francis X. Johnson, Hannah Wanjiru, Oliver W. Johnson, Richard Taylor

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2020

Priority Non-Wood Forest Products in Cherangany Hills Ecosystem

Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)

C. Ingutia, C. Obonyo, J. Kiprop, M. Muga, N. Bor, R. Othim, V. Oriwo

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Forestry and Natural Resources, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2020

Examining wood-energy systems with integrated assessment and landscape models

Stockholm Environment Institute

Rob Bailis

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2019

Microfinance for clean cooking: what lessons can be learned for scaling up LPG adoption in Kenya through managed loans?

International Growth Center

Eric Hsu, Meixi Gan, Elisa Puzzolo

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Clean Cooking, Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2019

Use of Biochar Producing Cookstoves in Rural Kenya: Energy efficiency, air pollution concentrations and biochar production potential

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Siri Ranung, Jessica Ruud

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Air Pollution, Fuelwood and Charcoal, Climate Change Impacts
Year: 2019

Quality and Emission Analysis of Charcoal from Various Species of Wood Using Improved Carbonization Technologies in Kenya

David Publishing Company (DPC)

Nellie Oduo, Emily Kitheka, Celestine Ingutia, Nathan Nyamai, James Kimwemwe, Kevin Juma

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Fuelwood and Charcoal, Carbon Markets, Forestry and Natural Resources
Year: 2019

Adoption and impacts of clean bioenergy cookstoves in Kenya

Elsevier

Alexandros Gasparatos, Alice Karanja

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biogas, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2019

Adoption and impacts of clean bioenergy cookstoves in Kenya

Elsevier

Alexandros Gasparatos, Alice Karanja

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biomass, Clean Cooking, Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2018

Bioenergy-Biochar Climate Smart Systems

Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)

Mary Njenga, Cecilia Sundberg, James K.Gitau, Ruth Mendum, Erik Karltun, Thomas Kätterer, Dries Roobroeck, Geoffrey Kimutai, Gert Nyberg, Yahia Mahmoud, Kristina Roing DeNowina, Miyuki Iiyama, Mehmood Hassan

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Fuelwood and Charcoal, Energy and Fuels
Year: 2018

Scaling Up Clean Cooking in Urban Kenya with LPG & Bio-Ethanol

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Clean Cooking, Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2018

Woodfuel policies and practices in selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)

Abdon Awono, Davison Gumbo, Irene Okeyo, Jolien Schure, Phosiso Sola, Richard Eba’a Atyi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Africa, Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2018

Kajiado County Sustainable Forest Resources Management And Exploitation (Charcoal ) Policy 2018

County Government of Kajiado

Type: County-level Documents
Theme/Sector: Policy and Legislation, Counties, Forestry and Natural Resources, Fuelwood and Charcoal, Kajiado County
Year: 2018

Solid biomass fuels for cooking ? beyond firewood and charcoal

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Dorothea Otremba

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Biomass, Clean Cooking, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2017

The State of the Global Clean and Improved Cooking Sector

The International Bank for Reconstruction And Development

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Clean Cooking, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2015

Kenya: Improved Cookstoves

Natural Capital Partners

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Clean Cooking, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2015

Sustainable firewood access and utilization: Achieving cross-sectoral integration in Kenya

Stockholm Environment Institute

Anne Nyambane, Caroline Ochieng, Mary Njenga, Miyuki Iiyama, Oliver Johnson, Peris Mugo, Phanuel Oballa

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2014

Informality and market governance in wood and charcoal value chains

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Ben Garside, Rachel Godfrey Wood

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Energy and Fuels, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2014

Testing institutional biomass cookstoves in rural Kenyan schools for the Millennium Villages Project

Elsevier

Edwin Adkins, Jiehua Chen, Jacob Winiecki, Peter Koinei, Vijay Modi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Biomass, Clean Cooking, Fuelwood and Charcoal
Year: 2010

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