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Table 2 Description of data and data sources for main coefficients

From: Environmental and economic accounting for biomass energy in Ethiopia

Data type

Source

Description of data

Uses

Coefficients

[13, 18, 35,36,37,38,39,40]

Residue-to-crop product ratio, the fraction of crop residues available for fuel, and dry dung for fuel per cattle

To calculate consumption of crop residues and cattle dung as fuel

Coefficients

[41]

Energy contents (net calorific values) per ton of the fuels

To derive the energy values

Coefficients

[42,43,44]

Prices per ton of the fuels

To compute the economic values

Coefficients

[41, 45]

Emissions of gases per ton of the fuels

To estimate emissions of gases due to biomass fuels combustion

Coefficients

[46]

Above-ground biomass stock (tons of wood) per hectare of forest and woodland

To calculate the potential effects of fuelwood consumption on the size and quality of forest and woodlands