Household fuelwood production and consumption in the Nepal's tarai and mid-hills: an econometric analysis and its policy implications

dc.contributor.authorErsado, Lireen
dc.contributor.committeechairAmacher, Gregory S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHyde, William F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSullivan, Jayen
dc.contributor.departmentForest Management and Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:47:05Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:47:05Zen
dc.date.issued1996-10-05en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-07en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-07en
dc.description.abstractForest and fuel wood are fundamental as sources of energy in almost all developing economies. However there are a few empirical studies addressing the issue of fuelwood production and consumption for rural households. In this paper, household fuelwood use behavior is empirically assessed and policy implications are drawn. with specific reference to Nepal's tarai and mid-hills. Fuelwood production, supply and demand functions are estimated using market, forest and access, and demographic variables characteristic of each region. Both regional and district level supply and demand elasticities are also estimated with respect to opportunity cost of labor, fuelwood price, income, resource stock and access, and demographic variables. The results suggest that rural households produce and consume fuelwood according to the opportunity cost of their labor and market fuel wood prices. Market( economic) variables such as fuel wood price and opportunity costs of labor along with forest stock and its access can provide better insights for assessing household responsiveness to forestry and related development activities and for policy than mere resource stock size or its access.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 85 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10072005-094841en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10072005-094841/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45074en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1996.E773.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 36210620en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjecteconometricen
dc.subjectfuelwooden
dc.subjectNepalen
dc.subjecthouseholden
dc.subjectelasticityen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1996.E773en
dc.titleHousehold fuelwood production and consumption in the Nepal's tarai and mid-hills: an econometric analysis and its policy implicationsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineForest Management and Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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