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International Research Journal of Social Sciences_____________________________________ ISSN 2319–3565 Vol. 3(12), 1-5, December (2014) Int. Res. J. Social Sci. Extent of Fuel wood Scarcity and Households Responses 1 2 3 Varinder Singh Waris , Prakash C. Antahal and Som Raj 1Department of Economics, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, INDIA 2 Economics, Department of Economics, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, INDIA 3Department of Economics, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in, www.isca.me Received 7th August 2014, revised 22nd October 2014, accepted 10th November 2014 Abstract Fuelwood is wood which is mostly used for the domestic cooking purpose, especially in the hill areas and is derived from forests of various kinds in various forms. However, the gap between demand for and supply of fuelwood has been widened in the past few years, which lead to the problem of fuelwood scarcity. The demand for fuelwood has increased due to various factors like increase in population, increase in cost of modern fuels, poverty and non-availability of other alternative fuels whereas the supply of fuelwood is limited to some extent. This paper try to measure the extent of fuelwood scarcity, level of fuel switching and other alternatives to fuelwood scarcity being adopted by the households in Panchari and Ch