| Commercial charcoal production in the ibarapa district of southwestern Nigeria: forestry dividends and welfare implications. | |
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PMID: 22192943 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Logging activities have long provided both wood fuel and charcoal for household and commercial use in rural and urban communities in developing countries. However, logging problems range from deforestation to threatened household air quality from burning wood and charcoal. This exploratory case study triangulated 15 in-depth interviews among charcoal bulk buyers and the workers, observations of workers at two èédú (charcoal) commercial depots in Igbo-Ora and of workers in the forest, and review of studies in academic database. Three categories of people are working in the business ranging from the producers in the forests (alaake) to the bulk buyers (olowo) in the middle and the wholesalers (ajagunta) in the city. A small team of 4-8 people can produce three pickup truck loads of charcoal in 2 weeks, and a large team between 7-8 loads. The olowo and the alaake have associations, membership cards, and meet to discuss business progress and regulate members' economic behavior. Close to 35,000 bags of charcoal of 450 pickup trucks may make the journey weekly from Ibarapa. Overall, the charcoal business is informal, and the local people also frown at cutting any useful indigenous trees ascertaining that an individual's actions may affect the whole community. The role of community health educators is important in the dissemination of effects of deforestation through charcoal production. |
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Kabiru K Salami; William R Brieger |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: International quarterly of community health education Volume: 31 ISSN: 0272-684X ISO Abbreviation: Int Q Community Health Educ Publication Date: 2010-2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-12-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8010942 Medline TA: Int Q Community Health Educ Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 369-85 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Ibadan, Nigeria. |
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