The use of plastic as a household fuel among the urban poor in the Global South
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Increasing plastic waste pollution has led to a rising prevalence of the open burning of plastic waste, especially in locations lacking formal waste management systems. Urban slum communities face particularly acute challenges in accessing both organized waste-collection services and low-cost traditional energy sources, and clean cooking-fuel alternatives tend to be unaffordable for their low-income residents. Here we examine the potential risk these unseen communities face and describe the need for a new research agenda to better understand and quantify the scope of the problem.
Regulatory framework and natural gas activities: A curse or boon to host communities in Southern Tanzania?
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The gas extractive industry is an important sector for the country which can generate income for supporting development initiatives of a country, if utilised efficiently and effectively. Ensuring that host communities benefit from gas exploration and extraction activities does not only necessitate the existence of a regulatory framework, but also effective enforcement in the implementation processes and practices. Undoubtedly, effective implementation of the regulatory framework relies on the existence of good governance principles.
Farmers in the midst of climate change: an intra-household analysis of gender roles on farmers’ choices of adaptation strategies to salinity intrusion in Vietnam
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This study investigates the opinions of wives and husbands in farm households concerning desirable adaptive responses to salinity intrusion. Data were collected via a survey of farm households in three coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. The sample includes 117 married couples who have been growing rice for several years. The findings indicate that wives and husbands have different opinions on adaptation strategies. Different factors affect wives’ and husbands’ choices of adaptive measures as well as the number of adaptive measures that they would consider taking.
Are rural energy access programs pro-poor? Some are, many are not
Welfare effects and gender dimensions of adoption of climate smart agriculture practices: Evidence from Kenyan small-scale farmers
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Agricultural production in Kenya is predominantly rain-fed and highly vulnerable to climate variability and change. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is thus being promoted with the aim of increasing agricultural productivity, adapting to the changing climate, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Despite increased adoption of CSA practices by smallholder farmers, the heterogenous welfare effects are hardly understood as the results have been mixed.