Improved cook stoves (ICS) have perceived to exert a significant impact on households'
economy, human health, and global climate change. There are few studies on ICS …

This study was conducted to assess the determinants of households' decision for adoption of
improved cook stoves (ICS), the performance of the stoves under real kitchen conditions and …

Unsustainable utilization of solid biomass fuels with inefficient traditional cookstoves has
long been a major challenge to ensuring energy and environmental security in Ethiopia …

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 …

Half of the world's population relies on biomass fuels for cooking and heating, which
contributes to global forest depletion that leads to environmental and human health impacts …

Biomass is a major source of cooking energy in Rwanda. This high dependence on biomass
strongly contributes to forest degradation, biodiversity loss, and atmospheric pollution …

Consumption of fuelwood contributes to forest degradation and greenhouse gas emissions
in developing countries. The aim of the present study was to assess the household energy …

The efficiency of traditional open cook stoves in supplying firewood energy is usually low.
Accordingly, firewood saving, improved stoves called “Mirt” made of cement and “Gonzie” …

This paper empirically analyzes adoption and fuel savings efficiency of improved biomass
cookstove technology using survey data from a cross-section of 200 farm households from …

In many Sub-Saharan African countries, fuelwood collection is among the most important
drivers of deforestation and particularly forest degradation. In a detailed field study in the …