Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.11.015 |
Links between biogas technology adoption and health status of households in rural Tigray, Northern Ethiopia | |
Abadi, Nigussie1,2; Gebrehiwot, Kindeya3; Techane, Ataldti4; Nerea, Hailish5 | |
2017-02-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY
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ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 101 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Ethiopia; Norway |
英文摘要 | Many Ethiopians face quality of life and livelihood challenges associated with sub-optimal sanitation, dependence on biomass energy, and decreasing agricultural productivity. To mitigate these livelihood challenges, the government of Ethiopia has recognized the need for a national policy framework, which encourages the uptake of biogas technology. However, despite expectations of improved health and livelihood outcomes from biogas technology, rigorous impact evaluations of existing biogas interventions in Ethiopia do not exist. In this paper, we investigated the impact of biogas technology adoption on indoor air pollution (IAP) health symptoms in a sample of 200 households in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The average treatment effect results of the study revealed that households with small-scale biogas technology have significantly lower incidence of IAP-related illness than comparison (non-adopter) households in the matched sample. Consequently, small-scale biogas adopters spent less money for medication and had less absentee days from work due to illness. Results also show that biogas adopters spent less time per year collecting fuel energy. Overall, these findings are grounds for optimism about the potential for small-scale biogas to improve human capital formation through better health, which is one the major targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. |
英文关键词 | Green energy Biogas Ex-ante impact assessment Indoor air pollution Ethiopia |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000392768800028 |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/17837 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Mekelle Univ, Dept Nat Resource Econ & Management, Mekele, Ethiopia; 2.Norwegian Univ Life Sci NMBU Norway, Inst Ecol & Nat Resource Management INA, POB 231, NO-1432 As, Norway; 3.Mekelle Univ, Dept Land Resource Management & Environm Protect, POB 231, Mekelle, Ethiopia; 4.Mekelle Univ, Dept Nat Resource Econ & Management, POB 231, Mekelle, Ethiopia; 5.Mekelle Univ Ethiopia, Agroecol & Sustainable Dev, POB 231, Mekelle, Ethiopia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Abadi, Nigussie,Gebrehiwot, Kindeya,Techane, Ataldti,et al. Links between biogas technology adoption and health status of households in rural Tigray, Northern Ethiopia[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2017,101. |
APA | Abadi, Nigussie,Gebrehiwot, Kindeya,Techane, Ataldti,&Nerea, Hailish.(2017).Links between biogas technology adoption and health status of households in rural Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.ENERGY POLICY,101. |
MLA | Abadi, Nigussie,et al."Links between biogas technology adoption and health status of households in rural Tigray, Northern Ethiopia".ENERGY POLICY 101(2017). |
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