Rural Household Fuel Consumption and Energy Crisis A Synopsis of Poverty Trend in North Central Nigeria

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Oladimejl
Y. U.
Abdulsalam
Z.
Ayandotun
B. Wasiu

Abstract

Nigeria has enormous energy resource potentials and endowment, but could notprovide affordable energy for majority of its citizenry and, poverty remains criticaldevelopmental challenges. The study examined rural households’ fuel consumptionpattern in two States of North Central Nigeria. Primary data using a structuredquestionnaire and interview were administered to select randomly 180 rural farminghouseholds. The result revealed a link between forests, agricultural production andpoverty as about 73% of sampled respondents titled towards using biomass for theirenergy sources and about three-fifth (58%) rural households could be considered to havea low energy expenditure pattern because they fell below poverty line of ₦987 ($6.2).Result also estimated the log-likelihood ratio to be ˗28.7, the adjusted R -2 of 0.557 impliesthat the explanatory variables were collectively able to explain about 56% of the totalvariation in energy consumption pattern among the rural households. The studyrecommend designing more economical, efficient and less pollutants cooking stoves andlighting equipments that uses local bio-fuels (renewable) and harnessing modern energysource to supplement the use of biomass for rural farming households to reduce povertylevel.

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Oladimejl, Y. U., Abdulsalam, Z., Ayandotun, & B. Wasiu. (2020). Rural Household Fuel Consumption and Energy Crisis. Ethiopian Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 7(1), 34-48. Retrieved from https://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejast/article/view/970
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Oladimejl, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Department
of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ahmadu Bello University,
P. M. B. 1044, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Y. U., Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Department
of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ahmadu Bello University,
P. M. B. 1044, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Abdulsalam, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Department
of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ahmadu Bello University,
P. M. B. 1044, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Z., Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Federal Polytechnic Kaura-
Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria
*Corresponding author: yusuf.dimeji@yahoo.com

Ayandotun, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Federal Polytechnic Kaura-
Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria
*Corresponding author: yusuf.dimeji@yahoo.com

B. Wasiu, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Federal Polytechnic Kaura-
Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria
*Corresponding author: yusuf.dimeji@yahoo.com