Production of value-added outputs from biomass residues represents an opportunity to increase the supply of renewable energy in Ethiopia. Particularly, agroforestry could provide biomass residues for improved bioenergy products. The aim of this study was to characterize the interest of growers to provide biomass residues to a hypothetical biomass feedstock market. This study relied on a survey conducted on a sample of 240 farmers. Although the awareness of potential biomass products was generally quite low, a majority of farmers expressed interest in supplying biomass residues, but the level of interest depended on certain individual socio-economic and demographic characteristics. For example, younger and female household heads were found to be more interested in participating in the hypothetical biomass market, as were households with an improved biomass stove, larger land holdings, and higher income levels. In addition, larger households and those that felt less vulnerable to firewood scarcity also expressed more interest. As a whole, the results imply that farmers, particularly those with younger and female heads of households, should be supported with programs tailored to ensure their inclusion in biomass supply chains. Respondents generally preferred farm-gate sales of biomass, so the collecting, baling, and transporting of woody residues need to be properly incentivized or new actors need to be recruited into the supply chain. Providing households with energy-efficient tools such as improved stoves would not only increase demand for biomass products, but also increase the amount of biomass residues that could be supplied to the market instead of used at home.

从生物质残渣中生产增值产品代表了增加埃塞俄比亚可再生能源供应的机会。特别是，农林业可以为改进的生物能源产品提供生物质残留物。本研究的目的是描述种植者向假设的生物质原料市场提供生物质残留物的兴趣。这项研究依赖于对 240 名农民样本进行的调查。虽然对潜在生物质产品的认识普遍很低，但大多数农民表示有兴趣提供生物质残留物，但兴趣程度取决于某些个人的社会经济和人口特征。例如，发现年轻和女性户主对参与假设的生物质市场更感兴趣，拥有改进的生物质炉灶、拥有更大土地和更高收入水平的家庭也是如此。此外，较大的家庭和不太容易受到木柴短缺影响的家庭也表达了更多的兴趣。总体而言，结果意味着农民，特别是那些年轻和女性户主的农民，应该得到为确保他们融入生物质供应链而量身定制的计划的支持。受访者普遍倾向于生物质的农场门口销售，因此需要适当激励木质残留物的收集、打包和运输，或者需要在供应链中招募新的参与者。为家庭提供节能工具，例如改进的炉灶，不仅会增加对生物质产品的需求，