Biomass energy: employment generation and its contribution to poverty alleviation.

By K. Openshaw. 2010

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Dispelling common misconceptions to improve attitudes and policy outlook on charcoal in developing countries (2013, background): “Openshaw (2010) estimates that about 133,000 people were employed full-time in 2008 in the biomass supply chain compared to approximately 4600 people employed in the supply chain of other fuels.”
The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa (2014, background): “] and sometimes in cities [20], although it is often regarded as an inferior energy source for use by the poor [17 (cid:3)(cid”
Assessment of Biomass Fuel Resource Potential And Utilization in Ethiopia: Sourcing Strategies for Renewable Energies (2012, background): “A recent study identified biomass energy as a major contributor to not only energy consumption in SubSaharan Africa but also to employment and poverty alleviation [12].”