{"id":1631,"date":"2023-05-18T23:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2025-12-08T23:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:41:12","slug":"are-the-tree-based-systems-in-the-agricultural-landscapes-a-solution-to-fuelwood-scarcity-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/are-the-tree-based-systems-in-the-agricultural-landscapes-a-solution-to-fuelwood-scarcity-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the tree-based systems in the agricultural landscapes a solution to fuelwood scarcity in Rwanda?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In developing countries, most people rely on tree biomass for cooking energy. In Rwanda, about 91% of households use tree biomass for cooking (MININFRA, 2018). However, due to the increased population, forests are becoming an unsustainable source of tree biomass. Furthermore, it is impossible to expand the forest areas to meet the fuelwood demand due to land scarcity, which indicates a need for integrating trees into the agricultural landscape for fuelwood supply and other ecosystem services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1-300x162.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1-370x200.png 370w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1-740x400.png 740w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1-741x400.png 741w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1-1023x552.png 1023w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1-760x410.png 760w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-1.png 1095w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Elias Nelly BAPFAKURERA, a Ph.D student in Forest Sciences at the Sokoine University of Agriculture under the Reforest program, participated in the International Conference on Business Models in Agriculture (IBMA) 2023-Kigali Rwanda. This conference was the first of its kind and represented an incredible milestone in the history of agriculture, non-developed economies, and their farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-2-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-2-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-2-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-2-370x268.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-2-552x400.jpg 552w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-2-762x552.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-2-760x550.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-2.jpg 783w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Elias Nelly presented his review paper linked to his Ph.D. study on &#8220;The bioenergy perspective in Rwanda: the potential of tree-based system (TBS) in the agricultural landscape for fuelwood supply.&#8221; under the theme 9: Agroforestry and Fisheries subsector and their contributions in transforming Africa&#8217;s economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-3-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-3-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-3-736x552.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-3-760x570.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-3.jpg 813w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The agriculture landscape&#8217;s trees-based systems ( TBS) include woodlots, contour hedgerows, home gardens, boundary-planted trees, and mixed cropping. Tree-based System practices vary widely, generally linked to economic and environmental benefits and maximizing the productivity of smallholder agricultural land. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-4-300x198.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-4-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-4-370x244.png 370w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-4-607x400.png 607w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-4.png 704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The integration of trees in the agricultural landscape increases land productivity, reduces pressure on forest areas by supplying fuelwood, and improves the well-being of rural households by reducing the distance traveled and the amount of time spent collecting fuelwood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Some recommendations have been mentioned in his presentation, including but not limited as follow :<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The biomass for fuelwood from TBS in the agricultural landscape \u00a0is more abundant than that in forest plantations due to its fast-growing and fast coppices,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Increasing TBS is essential for the conservation of forests and increasing tree and woodlot cover,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">More investment in TBS development would be required where an agricultural landscape has less tree cover.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Enhancing a sustainable energy supply is more likely to succeed if extension services account for the promotion of the TBS adapted to local conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In this way, TBS can significantly contribute to the balance between fuelwood demand and supply only if their productivity is increased through tree species choice and quality management practices (e.g., pruning, pollarding, and lopping).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-5-300x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-5-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Elias-Nelly-2-5.png 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Elias Nelly BAPFAKURERA<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ph.D. student in Forest Sciences under the REFOREST Programme<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Department of Ecosystems and Conservation<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Sokoine University of\u00a0 Agriculture (SUA)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Contacts: E- eliasnelly1@gmmail.com; mobile\u00a0:0788437949<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Supervisors<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Dr. Charles J. Kilawe (Sokoine University of\u00a0 Agriculture)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Prof. Gert Nyberg (SWEDISH University of Agriculture<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Prof. Jean Nduwamungu (University of Rwanda)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In developing countries, most people rely on tree biomass for cooking energy. In Rwanda, about 91% of households use tree biomass for cooking (MININFRA, 2018). However, due to the increased population, forests are becoming an unsustainable source of tree biomass. Furthermore, it is impossible to expand the forest areas to meet the fuelwood demand due&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-students-blog","category-48","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1637,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions\/1637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/reforest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}