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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab63e2
	Adoption of improved biomass stoves in Kenya: A transect-based approach in Kiambu and Muranga counties
	Karanja A.; Gasparatos A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:2
英文摘要	There is a wide consensus within policy, practice, and academic circles that the adoption of modern cooking options can benefit sub-Saharan Africa. Numerous studies have examined the various demographic, socioeconomic and institutional factors affecting the adoption of clean cooking options. However, most such studies did not properly consider how geographic and environmental factors and fuel availability can affect stove adoption. In this study we use a transect-based approach, from an area of high fuelwood abundance (a state forest) to an area of high fuelwood scarcity (the semi-arid interior of Muranga county) and a peri-urban area with many fuel options (the peri-urban area of Kiambu county). We survey 400 randomly selected households along the two transects from enumeration areas used in the Kenyan national census to understand how factors intersect to affect the adoption of improved biomass stoves as primary stoves. A probit analysis suggests that stove adoption depends not only on demographic and socioeconomic factors (e.g., income, education), but also on geographical and environmental factors that reflect biomass availability and accessibility, and market access. Female-headed households tend to have lower rates of improved biomass stove adoption, largely due to lower income and related enabling factors (e.g., education, land size). Through path analysis we identify that such households can improve their opportunities to adopt improved biomass stoves through better access to credit services and participation in social groups. Overall, this study suggests the need for non-uniform and spatially explicit stove promotion strategies informed by fuelwood availability and accessibility, and market access considerations. Such strategies that are conscious of local contexts could catalyze the large-scale adoption of clean cooking options in Kenya, and elsewhere on the continent. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	clean stoves; gender; geographical location; improved biomass stoves; stove adoption; sub-Saharan Africa
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biomass; Commerce; Population statistics; Regression analysis; Surveys; Wood products; Biomass availability; Biomass stove; Environmental factors; gender; Geographical locations; Institutional factors; Socio-economic factor; Sub-saharan africa; Stoves; accessibility; biomass; census; cooking appliance; fuelwood; gender role; path analysis; socioeconomic status; technology adoption; transect; Kenya; Kiambu; Muranga
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154094
作者单位	Graduate Program in Sustainability Science, Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI), University of Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo, Japan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Karanja A.,Gasparatos A.. Adoption of improved biomass stoves in Kenya: A transect-based approach in Kiambu and Muranga counties[J],2020,15(2).
APA	Karanja A.,&Gasparatos A..(2020).Adoption of improved biomass stoves in Kenya: A transect-based approach in Kiambu and Muranga counties.Environmental Research Letters,15(2).
MLA	Karanja A.,et al."Adoption of improved biomass stoves in Kenya: A transect-based approach in Kiambu and Muranga counties".Environmental Research Letters 15.2(2020).