Likewise, biomass is the main form of fuel for approximately 92% of the population in Ethiopia. In Africa, despite the availability of various energy sources, more than 80% of the total population in most countries still use traditional biomass as the main source of energy for cooking. Approximately 1–2.4 Gt CO 2e of GHGs are emitted annually due to the production and use of fuelwood and charcoal, which are 2–7% of the global anthropogenic emissions More than 40% of the world’s population depends on biomass as their primary cooking fuel, of which approximately 90% live in sub-Saharan Africa. In developing countries, 2.8 billion people rely on traditional biomass fuel for cooking and heating.

Therefore, policy aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries at household level should at least start via promotions of ICS.īiomass is one of the most important sources of energy. It addresses the crucial roles of such technologies in reducing forest degradation and the associated ecosystem loss.

The study deals with the significant contribution that the shift from TCS to the ICS brought in terms of reducing the amount of fuelwood used at household level and the carbon emission per capita. Furthermore, ICS stoves also reduced CO 2e emission per stove per year by 0.65 and 0.27 tons, respectively. The use of Mirt and Tikikil compared to the traditional stove has reduced the household wood consumption by 35% and 18%, respectively.

The result suggests significant differences in total and per capita wood consumption ( p < 0.05) between improved and TCS. The emission reduction potential of both ICS and TCS was calculated based on the Clean Development Mechanism and United Nation’s Framework of Convention on Climate Change and presented in CO 2 equivalent (CO 2e). A kitchen performance test (KPT) was carried out based on 3 days of repeated fuelwood use measurements to compare the wood-saving performance of ICS in comparison with the traditional cookstove (TCS). The study households were selected following cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs. The study was conducted in Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. Thus, this research was initiated to address the knowledge gap. However, the performance of these technologies in terms of saving fuelwood and their contribution to CO 2 emission reduction in a real kitchen was not studied systematically. The concerned government agencies have been widely making concerted efforts to reverse the situation by of promotion of improved cookstoves (ICS). As a result, deforestation rate has alarmingly increased associated with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land degradation. In Ethiopia, biomass contributes to about 92% of the household fuel consumption.

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