The Desirability of Clean Cooking in Off-Grid Households

Research was conducted to understand the desirability of electric cook stoves and whether off-grid households in countries like Tanzania would be willing to switch to clean cooking technologies. The purpose of this research is to understand the desirability of electric cooking methods in relation to biomass cooking methods. We believe that if electric cooking methods are more desirable than conventional biomass cooking methods, then users will freely adopt them. However, if they are less desirable, the design of the technology must be improved before its benefits can be realized.

The primary goal of this research is to determine if off-grid households want to switch to electric cooking methods. Therefore, our research objectives were to:

• Understand the time, ease of use, and cost implications of conventional cooking behaviors (wood and charcoal)

• Understand the time and ease of use of electric cooking methods

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