Households Energy Consumption Pattern in Fringe Communities of Omo Forest Reserve, Area J4, Ogun State, Nigeria.

• K. A. Bolaji

  Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  Author

• D. O. Adebayo

  Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  Author

• O. F. Akanni

  Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  Author

• G. H. Kabir

  Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  Author

• A. O. Oyetoki

  Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  Author

• A. O. Ahmad

  Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  Author

This study was carried out to verify the socio-economic factors influencing household energy consumption pattern and the level of dependency on energy by rural households in selected fringe communities of Omo Forest Reserve, Area J4, Ogun State, Nigeria. Fifteen villages were randomly selected based on their proximity to the forest reserve with 20 respondents per village making 300 questionnaire administered with well-structured questionnaire but 276 were valid and used for the analysis. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and ordinary least squared (OLS) regression. The results indicated a sex distribution of male households heads of 92.8% while the female headed households were 7.2%, The average household size, years of education and years of residency in their respective villages were 2,5±1.0 persons, 8.08 ± 4.5 years and 18.92 ± 14.64 years respectively. The energy consumption pattern analyses show that the majority of the respondents (82.61%) relied on fuelwood as their only source of household energy. This is followed by the 25% that depended on charcoal as their household energy source. Using Ordinary Least Squared Regression, the five variables that were significantly influencing energy consumption pattern of households in the study area were years of education (P>.0.05), that is years spent in school, household size (P.> 0.1), primary education (P>0.1), formal ( P>.01) and informal access to credit facility (p>0.05). The dependency ratio on fuelwood by the households has the highest values (37.5%), followed by kerosene (30.64%) and electricity (13.67%). Therefore the households in the study area still depended on the forest for their major source of energy, especially for cooking and heating. It is recommended that forest households should plant fast growing trees as firewood, create community woodlots and retain trees on farmlands, not to depend too much on forest wood for energy so as to preserve the forest resources.

1. K. A. Bolaji, Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

   Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

2. D. O. Adebayo, Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

   Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

3. O. F. Akanni, Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

   Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

4. G. H. Kabir, Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

   Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

5. A. O. Oyetoki, Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

   Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

6. A. O. Ahmad, Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

   Forestry Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria.

• PDF