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GHANA- - ESTIMATED
FUELWOOD AND CHARCOAL CONSUMPTION – 2000 – |
|
SECTOR |
SUB-SECTOR |
BRANCH |
Number of consumers
X 1000 Households |
Fuelwood x
1000 |
Charcoal x
1000 |
|
t/year |
m3/year |
t/year |
wood equiv.
t/yr |
m3/yr |
|
RESIDENTIAL |
URBAN |
Accra Metro+ Ga+Tema |
2.765 |
15.329 |
|
301.756 |
2.414.044 |
|
|
Other towns |
3.693 |
636.555 |
|
349.813 |
2.798.502 |
|
|
Urban |
6.458 |
651.568 |
869 |
651.568 |
5.212.546 |
6.950 |
|
RURAL |
Regions |
|
|
Coast |
2.700 |
1.119.744 |
|
111.780 |
894.240 |
|
|
Central |
5.800 |
2.939.904 |
|
105.653 |
845.222 |
|
|
Savannah |
2.900 |
1.486.556 |
|
24.012 |
192.096 |
|
|
Rural |
11.400 |
5.546.304 |
7.395 |
241.445 |
1.931.558 |
2.575 |
TOTAL |
|
17.858 |
6.198.188 |
8.264 |
893.012 |
7.144.104 |
9.525 |
|
Equivalent FUELWOOD PLUS CHARCOAL
|
13.342 |
17.789 |
|
INDUSTRIAL |
FORMAL |
no data |
|
|
INFORMAL |
Palm oil |
59 |
70.800 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shea oil |
3 |
19.200 |
|
|
|
|
|
Smoked fish |
71 |
766.800 |
|
|
|
|
|
“Pito” beer |
9 |
86.400 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bakery products |
34 |
194.838 |
|
|
|
|
|
Tapioca flour |
70 |
420.000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Pottery |
16 |
18.116 |
|
|
|
|
|
Brandy |
2 |
4.800 |
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal |
264.600 |
1.580.954 |
2.107 |
|
|
|
|
Other (*) |
39.690 |
158.095 |
210 |
|
|
|
| |
TOTAL |
304.290 |
1.739.049 |
2.318 |
|
|
|
|
COMMERCIAL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bars |
12.916 |
|
|
93.770 |
750.161 |
|
|
Snack bars |
64.580 |
|
|
106.557 |
852.456 |
|
|
Restaurants |
6.458 |
|
|
21.311 |
170.491 |
|
|
TOTAL |
|
|
|
221.639 |
1.773.108 |
2.364 |
|
PUBLIC |
|
Schools
Hospitals
Armed forces police |
Not given |
|
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|
TOTAL |
|
700.000 |
933 |
|
|
|
|
GRAND TOTAL |
8.637.238 |
11.516 |
1.114.652 |
8.917.213 |
11.889 |
|
Consumption: Fuelwood and Charcoal (wood
equivalent) in t/year = 8.637.238 + 8.917.213 = 17.554.451
|
|
MOST LIKELY FIGURE :
approximately 18 million t/year or 23 million m3/year |
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