Abstract
Improved cook stove (ICS) indicates improved form of traditional cook stove. It is more effective, efficient and safer to use. ICS is popular in rural villages of Nepal as a new innovation of clean cooking mechanism. To explore the end users views about the prominence of ICS in rural settings of urban areas, this study is conducted as the title of prominence of improved cook stove in rural areas: end-users perspectives. It is based on the theoretical assumption of cultural feminism. It employs exploratory research design and is based on both primary and secondary sources of data. The study revealed that there is high prominence of ICS in rural farm based society in Nepal. Women are end-users of ICS. Through women perspectives, health and sanitation; easy operation; time and resource saver; low maintenance are its major prominence. ICS helps to reduce the untiring busy schedule of women in household activities. It suggests that concerned authorities should make effective institutional frameworks to empower women in their homeland by optimum utilization of leisure time made possible by the use of ICS.
Highlights
The term ‘improved cook stove’ refers broadly to any stove disseminated by governments and independently by NGOs, the private sector, and other organizations that significantly improves energy efficiency, reduces indoor pollution, and increases ease of use
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Summary
The term ‘improved cook stove’ refers broadly to any stove disseminated by governments and independently by NGOs, the private sector, and other organizations that significantly improves energy efficiency, reduces indoor pollution, and increases ease of use. Prominence of Improved Cook Stove (ICS) in Rural Area: End-Users Perspective and ethnicity. The common conclusion of various reports related to energy stated that clean cook stoves and fuels have the potential to reduce deaths from Smoke-related illnesses, mitigate climate change and lower air pollution. Majority of the Nepalese populations still use traditional cook stove and fuels such as fire wood, agricultural residues and dung cake etc inside their homes, which creates various socioeconomic, environmental and health related adverse impacts on human health especially women. ICS has played a vital role in improving the health status and uplifting the living standard of rural people by providing clean fuel. Objective To explain the prominence of improved cook stove in rural area through end-users perspective
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