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    Contribution of the improved cooking stoves technologies towards deforestation reduction in Tanzania the case of Shinyanga rural district
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2015) Maingu, Rebecca
    This study was conducted in Pandaghichiza ward aiming to assess the effectiveness of the improved cooking stoves towards reducing deforestation. The study focused on investigating changes in fuel wood consumption before and after adoption of ICSs at the household level, to examine the extent and status of deforestation after adoption in the study areas and major limiting factors for adoption. The study employed different methods in data collection including questionnaire survey, FGDs, direct observations, key informant interviews and literature review. A total of 80households were obtained through simple random sampling. Findings show that the adoption of ICSs reduces fuel wood consumption and therefore it reduces deforestation. The study found that there was reduction of firewood consumption from 428.4 cubic meters to 257.04 cubic meters of stacked wood per year after adoption of ICSs which is equivalent to 40%. Furthermore, the number of charcoal bags has been reduced from 19,800 kg to 13,680 kg per year after adoption of ICSs. The studied villages are chief charcoal producers to surrounding villages which are not implemented with ICSs therefore deforestation is still going on and reduction is seen only in household level. The study recommends for raising awareness to communities on adoption of ICSs as well as providing both technical and financial support especially to small groups including women. Furthermore, support in terms of subsidies to local communities may accelerate wider adoption, thus encouraging sustainable utilization of forest resources. The study concluded that, even though there were several challenges in its adoption, ICSs is among the best local technologies to reduce the deforestation rate therefore it should be adopted countrywide so as to reduce deforestation in the country.