Análise de consumo da madeira para fins de energia doméstica em três postos administrativos municipais da cidade de Chimoio

Abstract

The present study was carried out in the city of Chimoio, province of Manica, with the purpose of assess fuel consumption based on wood for domestic energy purposes. To achieve achieve the objectives, a survey was carried out aimed at households, where they were semi-structured interviews were used, in this phase 50 households were interviewed, in 11 neighborhoods in the urban (cement) and suburban areas of this city. The results of this study showed that the most consumed wood-based fuel in this city is charcoal and firewood is less consumed, charcoal is consumed in bags and plastiquinhos and the firewood in sauces, charcoal and firewood found in this city come from mostly from the Gondola District, namely from the administrative posts of Matsinho, IAC, Amatongas, Inchope and Selva (Manica district). On average, households of Chimoio consume 3.08 kg of charcoal per day and 1,125,152 kg per year. The total coal vegetable consumed in a day by the families is 144.8 Kg per day and 51.757 Kg is the total consumed in a year. Regarding firewood on average, households consume 6.3058 kg of firewood per day and 2,303.15 kg of firewood per year. In total terms, the firewood consumed by a family in a day is 82 kg of firewood and in a year it is 29,930 kg of firewood per family. Average consumption per capita per year was 2.2 m 3 .This city consumes on average a larger amount of charcoal and firewood compared to the city of Beira and Nampula. Charcoal is the fuel from the wood most preferred by families in this city, because it is accessible, cheap, and by the habits of cooking with the charcoal inherited by the parents, and lack of knowledge of the advantages of other sources of fuel for cooking eg cooking gas. The best source fuel for families is charcoal. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)