Improved cookstoves in Africa: Explaining adoption patterns

Kapfudzaruwa, Farai; Fay, John

doi:10.1080/0376835x.2017.1335592

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“…The price of clean technologies is often a prohibitive factor and a primary reason for non-adoption. It is generally very high relative to the household's purchasing power, especially in lower-income communities [15,43,[45][46][47][48][49][50]. In this regard, a recent study conducted in rural Tanzania by Kulindwa et al (2018) found that an increase in the price of ICS reduces its adoption by 17%, even though the demand for ICS increases when it is supplied on credit [44].…”

Section: Economic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conversely, Maré and Annegarn (2017) found that availability of credit is not relevant in influencing purchasing behavior [51]. Despite some exceptions, it can be argued on the basis of the literature analysis that financial constraints deriving from low income, limited or no access to credit, high price and low affordability of ICS represent a barrier to the diffusion of sustainable and efficient cooking stoves, facilitating the maintenance of the status quo in terms of traditional cooking systems [7,40,42,50,[52][53][54].…”

Section: Economic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nguyen (2017) found that in urban areas women are more likely to adopt ICS because they face the problem of firewood scarcity [92]. Some studies demonstrate that rural location is a barrier to a household switching to cleaner and more sustainable fuels, which are usually more expensive than biomass fuels, and for this reason, traditional stoves are still widely used [14,50,66]. For example, Kapfudzaruwa et al (2017) conducted a study among consumers in South Africa, Senegal, Mali, Malawi and Mozambique and found that, in general, rural households are less aware and capable of affording ICS than are urban consumers [50].…”

Section: Location: Urban Versus Ruralmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Income [10,14,28,30,33,37,42,44,50,59,64] Households with higher income are more likely to adopt ICS than lower income households.…”

Section: Drivers and Barriers References General Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

2018

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A lack of access to clean energy and use of traditional cooking systems have severe negative effects on health, especially among women and children, and on the environment. Despite increasing attention toward this topic, few studies have explored the factors influencing consumers’ adoption of improved cooking stoves (ICS). This systematic literature review (n = 81) aims to identify the main drivers and barriers to clean cooking from a consumer perspective. In addition, it aims to define how consumers perceive ICS with respect to traditional stoves. Thematic analysis revealed seven factors that may act as drivers or barriers to ICS adoption: economic factors; socio-demographics; fuel availability; attitude toward technology; awareness of the risks of traditional cookstoves and the benefits of ICS; location; and social and cultural influences. Perceptions focused on four topics: convenience and uses, aesthetics, health-related impacts, and environmental impacts. This review contributes to understanding of consumer behavior with regards to ICS. The findings suggest that availability and affordability of technology are not enough to enhance ICS adoption. Rather, policy makers and managers should approach customers with a less technical and a more personalized approach that takes due consideration of a local context and its social and cultural dynamics.

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Section: Economic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Economic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Location: Urban Versus Ruralmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Income [10,14,28,30,33,37,42,44,50,59,64] Households with higher income are more likely to adopt ICS than lower income households.…”

Section: Drivers and Barriers References General Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

2018

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“…With the emerging technologies, biomass cooking could be used safely, efficiently, and sustainably to mitigate many problems associated with biomass cooking. Though cookstoves that use biomass are not completely clean, they produce significantly fewer emissions than open fires or traditional stoves saving millions of lives [43].…”

Section: Efficient Cookstovesmentioning

confidence: 99%

China’s Contribution to the African Power Sector: Policy Implications for African Countries

Powanga

Giner-Reichl

2019

Journal of Energy

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China has over the past thirty years experienced unprecedented economic growth averaging over 10% per year (“China GDP Annual Growth Rate ∣ 1989-2018 ∣ Data ∣ Chart ∣ Calendar” n.d.). For this reason, the relationship between China and Africa is often characterized as a case of China colonizing Africa to own natural resources and their associated infrastructure to feed its industrialization. Despite this postulation, Africa sees the cooperation as based on mutual interests in areas such as energy. The two regions could leverage their cooperation with the help of the international community to significantly advance access to electricity in Africa by improving energy efficiency, deploying cookstove programs to reduce health hazards and deaths from smoke inhalation, diversifying energy portfolio, and creating power pools that countries experiencing hiccups in their systems could tap into to meet their electricity needs. The two regions could also formulate energy policies to support these programs. Additionally, the energy infrastructure in Africa is still in infancy presenting an excellent opportunity to utilize emerging technologies and new power systems that are more efficient, resilient, and clean.

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Advanced stoves designing and their thermal behavior prediction: a validated mathematical model

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Tchuen

2021

Energy Syst

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Improved cookstoves in Africa: Explaining adoption patterns

Cited by 27 publications

References 32 publications

Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

China’s Contribution to the African Power Sector: Policy Implications for African Countries

Advanced stoves designing and their thermal behavior prediction: a validated mathematical model

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