The effect of biogas technology adoption upon women living in poverty community

Author

Ding, Wenguang ; Xian, Yunrang ; Wei, Yinli ; Wang, Lijun

Author_Institution

MOE Key Lab. of Western China´´s Environ. Syst., Lanzhou Univ., Lanzhou, China

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

2675

Lastpage

2679

Abstract

Field research in Xiyang County, Gansu province revealed that: after adopting biogas technology, the consumption amount of traditional energy has been greatly reduced, women\´s livelihood and hygiene have been improved, the incidence of disease has been reduced. Women were relieved from "time poverty" and "energy poverty", and they devoted more time to generating income and entertainment. The essay has also provided policy recommendation for using biogas alleviating poverty, hoping promote this career.

Keywords

biofuel; diseases; energy consumption; entertainment; gender issues; hygiene; social sciences; Xiyang County; biogas alleviating poverty; biogas technology adoption; disease; energy consumption amount; energy poverty; entertainment; hygiene; income generation; living women; policy recommendation; poverty community; time poverty; women livelihood; Communities; Earth; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Humans; Presses; Seminars; Xiyang County; biogas; energy; poverty; women;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yichang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8162-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECENG.2011.6058207

Filename

6058207