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The following is a sample of some of the more controversial recent contributions to the literature on fuelwood conservation, as well as publications which we have found particularly useful. For a more comprehensive guide to the literature, see Krugmann (1987).
BALDWIN, S. (1986): Biomass Stoves: Engineering, Design, Development and Dissemination, VITA, Arlington, USA,
...an excellent technical reference work.
FLOOR, W. (1985): Why Bother about Stoves?, Energy Assessments Division, World Bank,
...the title is self-explanatory.
FOLEY. G. (1987): Exaggerating the Sahelian Woodfuel Problem?, Ambio, Vol. 16. No. 6, 1987.
...iconoclastic.
FOLEY, G (1988): Discussion Paper on Demand Management, Proceedings of the ESMAP Eastern & Southern Africa Household Energy Planning Seminar, Harare. 1988, UNDP/World Bank
...discussion of the problems inherent in evaluating, or even defining, the impact of a fuelwood demand management project.
JOSEPH, S. (1983): A Preliminary Evaluation of the impact of Wood-Burning Stove Programmes, FAO, Rome.
...a good overview of the progress of the “early” stove projects.
KRUGMANN, H. (1987): Review of issues and Research Relating to improved Cookstoves, IDRC Manuscript Report No. 152e, Ottawa.
...an overview of more recent thinking, and emphasises the importance of the institutional sector.
MWANIKI, N. (1987): Market Survey for the Kenya Institutional Stove, Mwaniki Associates, Nairobi.
...as outlined in sub-section 4.1 above.
O’KEEFE, P., RASKIN, P. & BERNOW, S. (Eds.) (1984):
Energy Development in Kenya: Opportunities and Constraints, The Beijer Institute and The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Uppsala, Sweden.
...the best available overview of the Kenyan energy sector: considers biomass in detail.
SULILATU, W. (1988): Comparative Evaluation of the Field Performance of Current Production Models of Institutional Cooking Systems in Kenya, TNO Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.
...as cited above in 4.4.
VITA (1982, updated 1985): Testing the Efficiency of Wood-Burning Cookstoves - Provisional International Standards, Arlington, USA,
...useful reference, but see 4.3 above.
WALUBENGO, D., NAMUYE, S. & KIMANI. M. (1986): Testing Institutional Woodstoves, Report prepared for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) by the Kenya Energy and Environment Organisation (KENGO)
...as cited above in 4.4.
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