Shade trees in coffee plantations as a fuelwood source In the Turrialba Valley where this study has been carried out ... 5.3 Caloric Values Since coffee firewood is one of the most common firewood types in Cost Rica it would be ...

In Central America , firewood trade takes care of more than 50 percent of total consumption , thus refuting the idea that this is not a commercial resource . Fuelwood market prices are consecuence of domestic and industrial consume ...

The TCP project feels that additional budgetary support is required and has considered a number of potential sources of additional funding . A proposal for PL 480 funding is being prepared . Its purpose is to pay operating expenses ...

CATIE will implement the fuelwood production component . ... The goal of this project is to improve the welfare and product- ivity of low income groups and increase the supply of low cost energy for rural and urban poor .

It is not known precisely how the rural population supplies itself of fuelwood and charcoal . ... Moreover , the actual trend of rising oil prices will increase the cost of fuel derived from it ( kerosine , liquid gas , and electricity ...

Fortunately Jamaica still has 45 por ciento of its land under forest cover , but this means fuelwood is still ... Mortality , costs , production , coppicing , spacing and silvicultural techniques required were main parameters in species ...

The hypothesis , was that more than 50 % of production costs of these rural industries were due to fuelwood . ... There are 492 enterprises dedicated to these activities in two southern Departments , out of which a sample of 140 was ...

The current use of dung for fuel may " cost " some 20 million tons of foregone food grain production annually . The direct combustion of fuelwood for cooking and heating is very energy inefficient . Energy use in cooking on open fires ...

Energy Sector The FAO estimates that by the year 2000 world consumption of fuelwood will have reached 2,053 million m3 a year ... The annual cost of fuelwood for the industry , on the other hand , was put at US $ 0.87 million .

There is little variation in consumption and costs for firewood . Nearly all farms interviewed reported a forestry component , although in most cases on a small scale . Farms in Azuero reported only limited sales of tree products ...