Global efforts are underway to develop and promote improved cookstoves which may
reduce the negative health and environmental effects of burning solid fuels on health and …

Over half of the world's population uses biomass fuels; these households cook on open fires
indoors, increasing their risk of adverse health effects due to household air pollution (HAP) …

Nearly half the world's population burns solid fuel for cooking, heating, and lighting. The
incomplete combustion of these fuels is associated with detrimental health and …

Background: In India, approximately 66% of households rely on dung or woody biomass as
fuels for cooking. These fuels are burned under inefficient conditions, leading to household …

Background Exposure to household air pollutants released during cooking has been linked
to numerous adverse health outcomes among residents of rural areas in low-income …

Improving access to affordable and reliable energy services for cooking is essential for
developing countries in reducing adverse human health and environmental impacts hitherto …

Improved solid fuel cookstoves have been a focus of development efforts to address health
and environmental problems caused by traditional cooking practices in Kenya. However, a …

Drawing on qualitative data from three contrasting sites in Benue state, Nigeria, this paper
explores how and why cooking system use and priorities vary over time and space as well …

Decades of efforts to replace traditional cooking methods that rely on solid biomass fuels
with cleaner-burning and more energy-efficient cookstoves have fallen short of expectations …

Biomass burning for home energy use is a major health and environmental concern. While
transitioning to cleaner cooking technologies has the potential to generate significant health …