Dissemination of cooking energy alternatives in India—a review

Pohekar, S.D.; Kumar, Dinesh; Ramachandran, M

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2004.05.001

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“…However, the traditional stoves and fuel wood are still preferred due to economic reasons (Kanagawa and Nakata 2007) for cooking, water heating, space heating, lighting, livestock rearing, etc. Among various activities, cooking requires relatively more energy (Pohekar et al 2005).…”

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Forest biomass density, utilization and production dynamics in a western Himalayan watershed

Sharma

Sankhayan

Hofstad

2008

Journal of Forestry Research

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There is enough evidence to show that the forest biomass has decreased significantly in the Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. The government has responded through restrictive measures to check this decline. Using tree biomass as proxy for degradation, we assessed the current state of biomass within dominant land use types and examined its implications for sustainability. The highest above-ground mean tree biomass density of 1158 t·ha -1 was recorded for the reserved forest followed by 728, 13, 11, 8, 5 and 3 t·ha -1 in the protected forest, fallow land, cultivated-unirrigated land, grassland, orchard land and cultivated-irrigated land respectively. Of the total accessible biomass, only 0.31% was extracted annually by the local people for fuel, fodder and other uses. Though, the current level of extraction may be sustainable in the short run, insufficient regeneration is observed for long term sustainability. Forest biomass production was simulated for the next 30 years with a logistic growth model and the relative significance of input variables in influencing system behaviour was analysed through sensitivity analysis. The model results highlighted the declining forest resources in the long run. Positive response through appropriate government policies can, however, change the scenario for the better.

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Forest biomass density, utilization and production dynamics in a western Himalayan watershed

Sharma

Sankhayan

Hofstad

2008

Journal of Forestry Research

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“…consumer demand experiments | technology adoption | development economics B iomass combustion with traditional cookstoves is the primary cause in developing countries of indoor air pollution (1), a major global health hazard (1)(2)(3)(4). A conservative estimate suggests that exposure to indoor smoke produced by household solidfuel combustion is responsible for nearly 3% of the global disease burden and 4% of the disease burden in the high-mortality developing regions of the world (5,6).…”

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Low demand for nontraditional cookstove technologies

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Dwivedi²,

Bailis³

et al. 2012

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Biomass combustion with traditional cookstoves causes substantial environmental and health harm. Nontraditional cookstove technologies can be efficacious in reducing this adverse impact, but they are adopted and used at puzzlingly low rates. This study analyzes the determinants of low demand for nontraditional cookstoves in rural Bangladesh by using both stated preference (from a nationally representative survey of rural women) and revealed preference (assessed by conducting a cluster-randomized trial of cookstove prices) approaches. We find consistent evidence across both analyses suggesting that the women in rural Bangladesh do not perceive indoor air pollution as a significant health hazard, prioritize other basic developmental needs over nontraditional cookstoves, and overwhelmingly rely on a free traditional cookstove technology and are therefore not willing to pay much for a new nontraditional cookstove. Efforts to improve health and abate environmental harm by promoting nontraditional cookstoves may be more successful by designing and disseminating nontraditional cookstoves with features valued more highly by users, such as reduction of operating costs, even when those features are not directly related to the cookstoves' health and environmental impacts.consumer demand experiments | technology adoption | development economics B iomass combustion with traditional cookstoves is the primary cause in developing countries of indoor air pollution (1), a major global health hazard (1-4). A conservative estimate suggests that exposure to indoor smoke produced by household solidfuel combustion is responsible for nearly 3% of the global disease burden and 4% of the disease burden in the high-mortality developing regions of the world (5, 6). Beyond health impact, traditional cookstoves have substantial environmental consequences as well. Traditional cookstoves are inefficient, harnessing only 5-15% of biomass energy (7). As a result, users collect large quantities of fuel from surrounding fields and forestlands, potentially decreasing agricultural productivity and contributing to forest degradation (8,9). Traditional cookstoves also contribute to global warming (10). Incomplete combustion releases heat-trapping pollutants, including methane and black carbon, which have a greater global warming impact than carbon dioxide does per unit of carbon emitted (11,12). Unsustainable harvesting of biomass fuel compounds this problem because carbon dioxide emitted during combustion is not sequestered by subsequent plant growth.Despite these negative effects, half of the world's population and 75% of South Asians continue to burn solid fuels in inefficient traditional cookstoves for cooking and heating (13,14). Many governments and development organizations have attempted to combat indoor air pollution by disseminating cleaner-burning cookstoves (15), but the adoption and use of these nontraditional cookstoves in the developing world has, with few exceptions, remained disappointingly low (16). [The primary exception is China (1...

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“…Energy used for cooking accounts for 92 % of the gross energy consumption in poor, urban households in Maharastra, and the demand for cooking energy is increasing annually (19) . Pohekar et al (19) was therefore identified as an area of interest. Exploration of underlying determinants of household food security is essential for better targeting interventions that can improve household food security (15) .…”

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Pressure cooker ownership and food security in Aurangabad, India

Elsland

Hoeven

Joshi

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To explore associations between household food security and home gardening, use of soya and pressure cooker ownership in low-income households affected by HIV/AIDS in Aurangabad, India. Design: Cross-sectional pilot study which assessed household food security using the validated US Department of Agriculture's food security core-module questionnaire. Questions were added to explore household environment, education, occupation, home gardening, use of soya and pressure cooker ownership. Households with very low v. low food security were compared using logistic regression analysis, controlling for confounding by socio-economic status. Setting: Aurangabad is an urban setting situated in a primarily agricultural dependent area. The study was carried out in 2008, at the peak of the global food crisis. Subjects: Adult caregivers of children affiliated with the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Aurangabad. Results: All except for one of 133 households were identified as food insecure (99?2 %). Of these households, 35?6 % had to cut size or skip a meal in the past 30 d. Households that cut meal size due to cooking fuel shortages were more likely to have very low food security (OR 5 4?67; 95 % CI 1?62, 13?44) compared with households having no cooking fuel shortages. Owning a pressure cooker was shown to be protective against very low food security after controlling for confounding by socio-economic status (OR 5 0?27; 95 % CI

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Dissemination of cooking energy alternatives in India—a review

Cited by 133 publications

References 16 publications

Forest biomass density, utilization and production dynamics in a western Himalayan watershed

Forest biomass density, utilization and production dynamics in a western Himalayan watershed

Low demand for nontraditional cookstove technologies

Pressure cooker ownership and food security in Aurangabad, India

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