The Energy Potential of Harvested Wood Fuel by Refugees in Northern Uganda

Table 3

Constraints in firewood and charcoal production.

Constraints	Household size categories
	Very small (1–3)		Small (3–5)		Medium (6–8)		Large (9–12)		Very large (12–15)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Firewood production
Limited funds	47	27.2	53	20	50	23	17	18	3	19
Long distances	43	24.9	56	21	51	23	24	26	4	25
Limited awareness	31	17.9	29	11	23	10	9	10	2	13
Wildfires	6	3.5	16	6	9	4	6	6	1	6
Indiscriminate cutting	8	4.6	35	13	14	6	7	8	1	6
Strict forest laws	25	14.5	36	14	29	13	10	11	4	25
Sexual violence	4	2.3	15	6	13	6	4	4	1	6
Presence of wild animals	8	4.6	19	7	20	9	4	4	0	0
Tribal conflicts	1	0.6	6	2	8	4	6	6	0	0
Land tenure	0	0.0	1	0	3	1	6	6	0	0
Charcoal production
Limited funds	29	23.8	9	11	7	18	3	13	1	17
Long distances	27	22.1	18	22	9	23	4	17	1	17
Limited awareness	14	11.5	14	17	2	5	3	13	2	33
Wildfires	1	0.8	5	6	1	3	4	17	0	0
Indiscriminate cutting	17	13.9	8	10	7	18	6	25	0	0
Strict forest laws	18	14.8	17	20	6	15	1	4	0	0
Sexual violence	8	6.6	3	4	3	8	0	0	1	17
Presence of wild animals	3	2.5	5	6	4	10	1	4	0	0
Tribal conflicts	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0
Land tenure	5	4.1	3	4	1	3	1	4	1	17