DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE WOOD FUEL COOKING SYSTEMS Global Landscapes Forum 2015 Nature and Climate Change Pavilion Henry Neufeldt, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
DEVELOPINGSUSTAINABLEWOODFUELCOOKINGSYSTEMS
GlobalLandscapesForum2015NatureandClimateChangePavilion
HenryNeufeldt,WorldAgroforestryCentre(ICRAF)
• Negative perception: more negative than nurturing
• Inadequate funding and investment in wood energy • Policy: more controlling than enabling and regulating
• Localizing improved cooking systems
Challenges facing development of sustinable woodfuel
Sustainable management of wood production
Efficient wood to charcoal conversion technologies
E f f e c t i v e transportation
Improved marketing and partnership development
Efficient consumption technologies
Amajorrecommenda=onoftheworkshopistorecognizethatimprovingthecookingoffoodusingwood-basedfuelsinAfrica
requiresanin-depthunderstandingofthefullproduc;on-to-usesystem,andinvestmentsin
improvementshouldbebasedonthisprinciple.
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