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Fuelwood Prices in India: Policy Implications
Author(s) -
BOWONDER B.,
PRASAD S. S. R.,
UNNI N. V. M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1986.tb00776.x
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , unit price , agricultural economics , business , developing country , index (typography) , kerosene , energy policy , natural resource economics , economics , economic growth , renewable energy , macroeconomics , engineering , mathematics education , mathematics , world wide web , computer science , electrical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
The price of fuelwood has been increasing at a rate higher than that of the consumer price index in most of the major urban centres of India. Today, in terms of cost per unit of energy delivered, fuelwood is more than twice as expensive as kerosene for cooking. This has immense public policy implications. A number of complementary policy interventions are needed so that forests can be saved and the stability of energy supplies can be achieved in developing countries.