CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES, COOKING TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN BURERA, KARONGI, NGORORERO AND RUTSIRO DISTRICTS IN RWANDA
Authors:
Mpayimana Fulgence
Abstract:
The study was commissioned to investigate on cooking technologies, energy supply and demand, current environment and climate change issues in Karongi, Ngororero and Rutsiro Districts (Western province) and Burera district in Northern Province of Rwanda. The study’s sample size was 400 individuals, including 142 females (64.5 percent) and 142 men (64.5 percent) (35.5 percent). The survey aimed to assess key environment and climate change related issues in the study area, investigate biomass energy supply and demand in the target area and ascertain citizens’ attitudes and perceptions towards building resilience to climate change, discover practices implemented to safeguard the environment and mitigate effects of climate change in the study area; examine cooking technologies that are used by citizens in the study area, and propose recommendations to bridge identified gaps /challenges. In this study, a hybrid method (quantitative and qualitative) was employed, and the main findings are described in the following key points: