Food security, safety nets and social protection in Ethiopia / edited by Dessalegn Rahmato, Alula Pankhurst and Jan-Gerrit van Uffelen.

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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgement; List of Tables; List of Figures; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Background; 1.2. Objective and Scope of the Study; 1.3. Study Areas and Methods; 1.3.1. Study Areas; 1.3.2. Methods; 1.4. Structure and Limitation of the Study; 2. Fuel-wood Production and Consumption in Ethiopia: Historical Review; 2.1. Fire-wood; 2.2. Charcoal; 2.3. Fuel-wood Scarcity: Brief Account; 3. Charcoal production; 3.1. What is Charcoal?; 3.2. Charcoal Quality; 3.3. The Charcoal Makers; 3.4. Charcoal Making Technologies.

3.5. Production of Charcoal Briquettes3.6. Charcoal Producing Areas and the Preferred Tree Species; 3.7. Charcoal Production Trends; 4. Charcoal Supply, Marketing and Consumption in Selected Cities and Towns; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The City of Addis Ababa; 4.2.1. General Features of Respondents; 4.2.2. Views of Respondents on Charcoal Supply, Marketing and Consumption; 4.2.3. Charcoal Inflow; 4.2.4. The Charcoal Trade Chain; 4.3. Mekelle (Tigray Regional State); 4.4. Awash and Gewanie (Afar Regional State); 4.5. Bahir Dar (Amhara Regional State); 4.6. Adama (Oromiya Regional State).

4.7. Hawassa and Arba-Minch (SNNPR)4.8. Harshin (Somali Regional State); 4.9. Dire Dawa City; 5. Charcoal Impacts; 5.1. Charcoal Impact Assessment; 5.2. Forest Resources of Ethiopia and the Charcoal Impact; 5.2.1. Forest and Woodland Resources; 5.2.2. The Charcoal Impact on Forests and Woodlands; 5.3. The charcoal Impact on Climate; 5.4. The Charcoal Impact on Soil; 5.5. The Charcoal Impact on Human Health; 6. The Institutional Deficits in the Charcoal Industry: The Way Forward; 6.1. Institutional Shortfalls; 6.2. The Way Forward.

6.2.1. Charcoal as a Policy Agenda: Recognize and Legalize the Industry6.2.2. End Open-Access Situation; 6.2.3. Establish a Management System; 6.2.4. Establish a Charcoal Agency and a Data Centre; 6.2.5. Initiate Forest Plantations for Charcoal Production; 6.2.6. Improve Charcoal Technology and Diversify its Sources; 6.2.7. Develop Modern Energy Sources; 6.2.8. Education and Research; References; Back cover.

Studies in many African countries show that charcoal making is among the primary drivers of deforestation and subsequent land degradation. In the case of Ethiopia, charcoal is produced from state-owned (public) forests and woodlands. There is little regulatory intervention from the government side. Moreover, production is more traditional and the producers have little idea that charcoal can be produced efficiently with modern technologies. Although charcoal meets significant portion of urban householdsí energy needs in the country, and also support the livelihood of tens of thousands of rural.

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