Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Use and Adoption of Family-Sized Bio-digesters as Renewable Energy Sources in Ngoma District, Rwanda

dc.contributor.authorMusinguzi, Danson
dc.contributor.authorKayinamura, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorTumushabe, Ann
dc.contributor.authorOmuna, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorEniru, Emmanuel I
dc.contributor.authorAkiyode, Oluwole O
dc.contributor.authorMwebesa, Edson
dc.contributor.authorByarugaba, Dominic
dc.contributor.authorBasamba, Twaha A.
dc.contributor.authorKatongole, Hadijjah
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-09T08:38:15Z
dc.date.available2019-07-09T08:38:15Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-25
dc.description.abstract1) Background: The environmental, financial and social questions in Africa remain unanswered up-to-date, with the rapid increase in human population and the demand for fuel energy, trigger the need to generate data on the socio-economic factors influencing the knowledge of use and adoption of family-sized bio-digesters. The increasing prices of fossil fuels and taxes on energy sources require finding the alternative, clean and economical sources of energy for households in developing countries. Moreover, in Africa, the consumption of firewood and charcoal continues to increase, with wood fuel consumption predicted to increase by 2030 to over 140%. The study objectives were 1) to determine the socio-economic characteristics of the people in Ngoma district, 2) to assess socio-economic factors influencing people to use and adopt family-sized biodigesters. 2) Methods: Quantitative data collected with semi-structured questionnaires and interviews were analyzed using descriptive statistics. 3) Results: The results show that many households had not realized the potential benefits of biogas use and adoption in Rwanda. The study further found that a number of factors such as household income levels, socio-economic, technological, and institutional influence the household use and adoption of biogas energy. 4) Conclusions: At the end, the study suggests the need for all players such as Government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) and local communities to work together to provide incentives and favorable environment that can attract individual households to invest in biogas energy production and utilization.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.20944/preprints201805.0361.v1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/1882
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPreprints (www.preprints.org)en_US
dc.subjectBio-digestersen_US
dc.subjectHousehold income levelsen_US
dc.subjectRenewable energyen_US
dc.subjectSocio-Economicen_US
dc.titleSocio-Economic Factors Influencing Use and Adoption of Family-Sized Bio-digesters as Renewable Energy Sources in Ngoma District, Rwandaen_US
dc.typePreprinten_US
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