Assessment of Supply and Demand of Fuel-Wood in Micro-Watersheds of Sirsi Taluk
| dc.contributor.advisor | Koppad, A.G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Banavasi, Pallavi P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-09T09:04:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-09T09:04:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A study to assess the supply and demand of fuel-wood and interventions to reduce the pressure on forest was conducted by College of Forestry, Sirsi, UAS, Dharwad in two watersheds (5B1A5 and 4D4F5) of Sirsi taluk of Uttar Kannada district during 2016-2017. The experimental design was split-plot design. Five villages were selected in each watershed. Supply of fuel-wood from forest for each village was assessed through sample plots laid in the forests near the village and away from the village and replicated same for all the villages. Each treatment was transect with size 100 m × 10 m in which fuel-wood species, deadwood availability, cut stumps and tree growth parameters were recorded. The household survey was conducted in 120 households in the villages through questionnaire. In each village, the demand for fuel-wood in small, medium and large families were assessed. The supply of fuel-wood in terms of volume of deadwood from forests of 5B1A5 was 11.56 m3/ha and that of 4D4F5 was 18.15 m3/ha. The other sources of fuel-wood were from bettaland, agro-forestry and agriculture waste. The most preferred fuel-wood species were Acacia auraculiformis, Terminalia paniculata and Xylia xylocarpa. The demand of fuel-wood in 5B1A5 was 5.23 quintals/year/person and 3.86 quintals/year/person in 4D4F5. The higher consumption of fuel-wood in 5B1A5 was due to more requirement of fuel-wood for arecanut and Garcinia processing. Biogas, solar heaters, LPG, improved chullas and electric stoves were the alternate sources of energy. The fuel-wood saving due to these interventions was 0.4 tonnes/year/person in 5B1A5 and 0.5 tonnes/year/person in 4D4F5. With 100% intervention introduction in villages, fuel-wood could be saved to about 2,703 tonnes/year in 5B1A5 and 306.6 tonnes/year in 4D4F5. Hence, there is a scope to introduce interventions in these villages to reduce the pressure on forest. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810177945 | |
| dc.keywords | Assessment of Supply and Demand of Fuel-Wood in Micro-Watersheds of Sirsi Taluk | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | Assessment of Supply and Demand of Fuel-Wood in Micro-Watersheds of Sirsi Taluk | en_US |
| dc.sub | Natural Resources Management | en_US |
| dc.theme | Assessment of Supply and Demand of Fuel-Wood in Micro-Watersheds of Sirsi Taluk | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Supply and Demand of Fuel-Wood in Micro-Watersheds of Sirsi Taluk | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |