Abstract
The national energy balance indicates that traditional fuels (wood, charcoal, agricultural residues and animal waste) meet 94% of the total energy supplied and that the household sector accounts for 90% of the total energy consumed in the country. The vast majority of Ethiopian households depend on the open fire stoves with very poor fuel efficiency. Due to the shortage of firewood growing in Ethiopian communities, baking injera on open fire is becoming increasingly expensive. Currently Mirte injera baking stove has been produced and promoted to improve the livelihoods of the rural and urban households in the country. The major concern of this study was to identify the major shortcomings of the Mirte stove being promoted as perceived by the households: the case of Agarfa district, Oromia region. A two stage random sampling procedure was employed to draw 120 sample households from four sample Kebeles. Descriptive statistics were employed in the study. The results of the study showed that there are some major shortcomings of Mirte stove. The overall findings of the study underline the importance of strengthening institutions that can continuously following up the perceived shortcomings of Mirte stove and make necessary improvements and modifications on it. Thus, research should re-examine the shortcomings of the Mirte stove. Key words: Injera, perception, shortcoming, stove, technology.
Highlights
According to Adkins et al (2010), roughly half of the world's population burns solid biomass fuels for cooking and heating needs
Age of the women: The results of this study indicate that the age of users of Mirte stove at study area was ranging from 18 to 60 years with the average of 36.8 years with a standard deviation of 9.7
Using Mirte stove instead of the traditional three stone open fire stoves have a paramount importance for improving the livelihoods of the household by reducing time spent on searching fire wood and it can reduce causes of injury occurred through burns, and reducing deforestation by utilizing smaller amount of firewood than the traditional three stone stoves
Summary
According to Adkins et al (2010), roughly half of the world's population burns solid biomass fuels for cooking and heating needs. Ephrem (2008) indicated that alternative energy exploitation at the moment is very low in Ethiopia, mainly because the necessary technologies are not available or, where available, are either very expensive or cheap but short-lived This makes the cost of exploiting the resources very high for Ethiopian households, thereby making access to and appropriation of energy technologies dependent on economic capacity. Saving energy as well as the overcoming the tragedy of collecting fire wood and other fuel from long distance is totally difficult In addition to this when injera is baked on traditional mitad highly flammable fuels, such as leaves and twigs, are used by cooks to generate enough heat necessary to cook injera quickly. Baking injera and other local pancakes on open fire is causing injury through burns, many women and children are spending their time to collect firewood to feed their family. The shortcomings of Mirte stove as perceived by the households in the study area?
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