What makes people adopt improved cookstoves? Empirical evidence from rural northwest Pakistan

Jan, Inayatullah

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.038

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“…This might be due to low decision making power of women in adoption of stoves. The finding is more consistent with the study conducted in northwest Pakistan by Jan (2012) which asserted that even though stove utilization is the responsibility of women, its provision is mostly the responsibility of male household heads. As the household head is the major decision-making body, particularly on financial decisions, his education (awareness) is more significant for adoption of cook stoves.…”

Section: Factors Affecting Adoption Of Fuel Saving Stovesupporting

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“…Households at lower levels of income and development tend to be at the bottom of the energy ladder, using fuel that is cheap and locally available but not very clean nor efficient (Duflo and Greenstone, 2008). Economic determinants of fuel choice, as stressed by Barnes et al (1994), ManyoPlange (2011) andJan (2012), is by large the most widely covered driver of fuel choice. There are several components to economic factors which include household income, cost of equipment and fuel, and noneconomic costs such as time and access to fuels.…”

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“…Educational status also plays a significant role in determining fuel choice. In addition, the higher education leads to better knowledge regarding modern fuels which could result in a greater likelihood of fuel-switching (ManyoPlange, 2011;Jan, 2012 andRehfuess et al, 2014). High wood prices or scarce supplies of wood are also factors which increase the likelihood of stove adoption (Barnes et al, 1994).…”

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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Fuel Efficient Stoves among Rural Households in Borena Woreda: North central Ethiopia

Eshetu¹

2014

International Journal of Energy Science

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Descriptive survey research has been employed to assess the major factors which affect the adoption of fuel efficient stoves in the rural households around Borena-Saynt national park. Data were collected from 248 randomly selected household heads using a structured questionnaire and from 22 purposively selected key informants for FGD. The findings revealed that the prominent source of fuel is wood followed by animal dung and shrubs; the sources are own plantation and kebelle forests. Modern energy efficient stoves are not common in the study area due to financial constraint (66.7%) and lack of access (25.9%). Chi-square test and binary logistic regression model results reveal that income level of the household head (χ 2 = 64.914, N= 248, df =1, V=0.512, OR=23.7 and p < .001) and educational level of husband (χ 2 = 60.514, N=232, df =1, V=0.511,OR=11.3 and p < .001) are found to be the major variables which increases the propensity of stove adoption. The independent t-test shows statistically significant difference (t=12.063, N=248, df =246, p<0.001) in the average time spent weekly by stove users and non-users. One sample t-test result reveal that local residents do have positive attitude on the benefits of fuel efficient stoves. Both governmental and non-governmental organizations have to take their part in making stoves available to users. Concerned bodies should also see fuelwood plantation projects in degraded lands and agroforestry practices as well as biogas energy as another option.

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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Fuel Efficient Stoves among Rural Households in Borena Woreda: North central Ethiopia

Eshetu¹

2014

International Journal of Energy Science

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“…While the health impacts of indoor air pollution are severe, one cannot assume that end users are either aware of these health effects or willing to spend the resources required to address the situation [32][33][34][35][36]. Similarly, the environmental costs associated with biomass usage are not well reflected in the price of the fuel.…”

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Design of Agricultural Waste Charcoal Cooking Fuel for Developing Countries

Banzaert

Winter

2013

Volume 4: 18th Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference; 2013 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic A

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Charcoal made from agricultural waste (AWC), intended for use in developing countries, has the potential to be a cooking fuel with health, economic, and environmental benefits. Investigations were undertaken to integrate the technical understanding of the fuel with the real-world context in which it may be produced and used. Multiple formulations of AWC were studied to understand the impact of raw material variation on charcoal briquette emissions. A key finding is the viability of manure as a binder, which should improve AWC production costs and proliferation. In Nicaragua, AWC emissions, end user interest, and producer economic viability was examined. Emissions of AWC appear to be similar to or less than wood and wood charcoal. End user interest seems moderate, a positive outcome given the lack of charcoal usage in the region studied. Based on the outcomes of pilot production, development of the manufacturing system must account for local preferences.

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“…Several studies have found that users "stack" or retain multiple cookstoves in operation [4,6,[9][10][11][12][13]. The drivers of cookstove adoption are commonly considered to be income level, education level, the extent of urbanization or access to markets, and cookstove and fuel price [9,[14][15][16][17]. Factors such as cooking capacity, aesthetics, portability, and other operational characteristics no doubt also influence cookstove use.…”

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The Impact of Cookstove Adoption and Replacement on Fuelwood Savings

Johnson

Bryden

2012

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference

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Cookstove adoption and cookstove use are two conditions that are not commonly considered when comparing the cost and benefit of rural energy options. This study uses field data on improved cookstoves implemented in a rural West African village to estimate the impact of alternative cooking options prevalent today. Because approximately one-half of women own more than one cookstove, and use each of the stoves, it is unlikely that any single cookstove option will replace the three-stone fire. If current cooking trends are maintained, the fuelwood savings of village-wide implementation would thus be a mere 6.4% of the rated cookstove savings for a small singleburner cookstove that is partially adopted and only used for some cooking tasks. Even if the small single-burner cookstove was used for all meals less than the observed maximum cooking capacity of 18 kg, this village-wide savings would only amount to one-third of the rated cookstove fuelwood savings. The derated fuelwood savings based on stove stacking is expected to more closely approximate the realized fuelwood savings of a cookstove program rather than the idealized case of 100% adoption and 100% replacement. Additional discussion on investment impact-fuelwood displaced per dollar invested-is provided for four cookstove options. The high investment impact of the artisan improved cookstove and the next generation single-pot cookstove suggests they be chosen for implementation, yet the long lifetime of the institutional cookstove may be an attractive option for onetime funders.

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What makes people adopt improved cookstoves? Empirical evidence from rural northwest Pakistan

Cited by 79 publications

References 20 publications

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Fuel Efficient Stoves among Rural Households in Borena Woreda: North central Ethiopia

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Fuel Efficient Stoves among Rural Households in Borena Woreda: North central Ethiopia

Design of Agricultural Waste Charcoal Cooking Fuel for Developing Countries

The Impact of Cookstove Adoption and Replacement on Fuelwood Savings

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