A Commercial Case for the Briquette Business in Ghana

Urban and rural households in low income countries rely on traditional biomass fuels such as charcoal and firewood for cooking and heating purposes, which has an adverse effect on forest resources and on people’s health. A major reason for people to continue these as main sources of fuel for cooking...

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Main Authors: Gebrezgabher, Solomie A., Amewu, Sena
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91308
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description Urban and rural households in low income countries rely on traditional biomass fuels such as charcoal and firewood for cooking and heating purposes, which has an adverse effect on forest resources and on people’s health. A major reason for people to continue these as main sources of fuel for cooking is lack of affordable and reliable alternative sources of energy. Briquettes present a great opportunity to replace traditional biomass fuels for domestic and institutional cooking and industrial heating processes. Through designing and implementing a viable briquette business model, we emphasise that there is a commercial case for the briquette business in Ghana.
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spelling CGSpace913082025-07-23T18:05:32Z A Commercial Case for the Briquette Business in Ghana Gebrezgabher, Solomie A. Amewu, Sena business management models biofuels briquettes environmental policies women's participation Urban and rural households in low income countries rely on traditional biomass fuels such as charcoal and firewood for cooking and heating purposes, which has an adverse effect on forest resources and on people’s health. A major reason for people to continue these as main sources of fuel for cooking is lack of affordable and reliable alternative sources of energy. Briquettes present a great opportunity to replace traditional biomass fuels for domestic and institutional cooking and industrial heating processes. Through designing and implementing a viable briquette business model, we emphasise that there is a commercial case for the briquette business in Ghana. 2017 2018-03-07T10:16:34Z 2018-03-07T10:16:34Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91308 en Open Access Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Amewu, S. 2017. A Commercial Case for the Briquette Business in Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine. 32:39-41. https://ruaf.org/document/urban-agriculture-magazine-no-32-urban-food-waste-energy-nexus-and-the-private-sector/
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biofuels
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environmental policies
women's participation
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Amewu, Sena
A Commercial Case for the Briquette Business in Ghana
title A Commercial Case for the Briquette Business in Ghana
title_full A Commercial Case for the Briquette Business in Ghana
title_fullStr A Commercial Case for the Briquette Business in Ghana
title_full_unstemmed A Commercial Case for the Briquette Business in Ghana
title_short A Commercial Case for the Briquette Business in Ghana
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topic business management
models
biofuels
briquettes
environmental policies
women's participation
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