Adoption and sustained use of energy efficient stoves in rural Uganda
2019 (Engelska)Självständigt arbete på avancerad nivå (masterexamen), 20 poäng / 30 hp
Studentuppsats (Examensarbete)
Abstract [en]
In 2011, Energy saving (mud) stoves were introduced in villages around the Kachung Forestplantation in rural Uganda as part of an effort to support local sustainable development. Initial fieldwork showedthat the stoves had not been adopted as much as the apparent benefits would suggest. This has been a commonissue with improved cooking stove projects around the world. In order to find out why the stoves are notadopted, 67 women in charge of the cooking were interviewed additionally participant observations of cooking,other daily work routines and building stoves conducted, as well as interviews with other relevant stakeholders.Results show that women struggle to find enough firewood and are bothered by the smoke produced whencooking, which makes them generally very interested in improved mud stoves. Indeed many women hadadopted a local version of the mud stove in order to ease the burden of firewood collection. The reason for notadopting a mud stove in general can be mainly attributed to work burden in constructing it. As for the moresophisticated energy saving mud stoves introduced, additional factors were that the implementation strategyshows weaknesses in how the knowledge on how to build the stove is supposed to spread. Further, the stoveintroduced is rather complex in the way it is supposed to be built, which makes it difficult to spread theknowledge of how to build it. The implementation strategy needs to be revised under consideration of the localcircumstances in order to achieve a higher adoption rate.
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
2019. , s. 51
Serie
Examensarbete vid Institutionen för geovetenskaper, ISSN 1650-6553 ; No. 2019/5
Nyckelord [en]
Sustainable Development, improved cooking stoves, Uganda, new technology adoption
Nationell ämneskategori
Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-380346OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-380346DiVA, id: diva2:1300564
Utbildningsprogram
Masterprogram i hållbar utveckling
Presentation
2017-06-01, and Geocentrum, Villavägen 16, Uppsala, 13:00 (Engelska)
Handledare
Examinatorer
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