Rural community perception of fuelwood usage by families living in Wassorola, Mali: Interview with women as main fuelwood collectors
Seriba Konare , Ikuo Ninomya, Osamu Kobayashi, Tetsuya Shimamura and Taro Terashita
Research Article | Published November 2013
Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research, Vol. 1(5), pp. 76-83
Ehime University, Faculty of Agriculture, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime Pref. 790-8566, Japan.
*Corresponding author. E-mail: seribakonare@yahoo.fr.
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Fuelwood used for cooking occupies almost 90% of the total energy used in Mali. A consequence of this widespread usage of fuelwood is the shrinking area of Malian forest. Unfortunately, several projects to address fuelwood issues have failed because of misunderstandings between project managers and local people. This paper aims to highlight this situation by presenting the perspectives of the local people, for whom fuelwood is an integral part of their daily lives. Rural community knowledge will help to establish a mutual understanding between the people of Wassorola and development organizations or project managers. Surveys were carried out to gather respondent answers on fuelwood issues, such as frequency of fuelwood collection, and types of stove. We performed principal component analyse (PCA) in order to determine variation in the data set. Family units in Wassorola consist of extended families with an average of 6.7 adults and 6.5 children. The education level of
interviewees is low: 84% never attended school. Of the respondents, 83% are aware of the threat to their forest resource and 12% think there is no solution to the problem. Result of PCA shows that, PC1 explains 28.84% of variance and cumulative portion of 76.67% variance is explained by PC1, PC2, PC3 and PC4. The variables of level of education and capacity to write and read have highest absolute value of loading in PC1. The variables numbers of people living as stakeholders, and the reason for changes in the forests surrounding them have the highest value of loading in PC2. PC4 shows that the variables of type of stove and reason of forest changes of forests are change together.
Keywords: Principal component, fuelwood, education, Mali.
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Citation: Seriba Konare , Ikuo Ninomya, Osamu Kobayashi, Tetsuya Shimamura, Taro Terashita (2013). Rural community perception of fuelwood usage by families living in Wassorola, Mali: Interview with women as main fuelwood collectors. J. Agric. Crop Res. 1(5): 76-83.
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