Title: Performance and determinants of adoption of improved cook-stoves in farming communities in Benue and Kaduna States of Nigeria

Authors: Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke; Chinedum Uzoma Nwajiuba; Chinenye Judith Mmagu; Jonathan Ogbeni Aligbe; Christiana Ogonna Igberi

Addresses: Department of Agriculture (Agricultural Economics and Extension Programme), Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, PMB 1010, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ' Department of Agriculture (Agricultural Economics and Extension Programme), Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, PMB 1010, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ' Department of Agricultural Economics, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria ' Department of Planning and Policy Coordination, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Benin City, Nigeria ' Department of Agriculture (Agricultural Economics and Extension Programme), Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, PMB 1010, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Abstract: The study analyses the performance and determinants of adoption of improved cook-stoves (ICSs) in Benue and Kaduna States of Nigeria. Cross-sectional data obtained from 440 households (ICS users and non-users) using questionnaire and subjected to statistical analysis indicate that the fuel-wood used and time spent in boiling 6 litres of water through Save80 and Greenwatch cook-stoves were less compared to the open fire. Save80 cook-stove released less carbon monoxide than the Greenwatch cook-stove and open fire. Income, contact with Save80 disseminator agents, mass media exposure, and knowledge of the benefits of the cook-stove significantly influenced the adoption of Save80 while age, gender, household size, and contact with Greenwatch Initiative agents significantly determined the adoption of Greenwatch cook-stove. Therefore, there is a need to increase awareness of the benefits of using improved cook-stoves through mass media by the promoters of the stoves.

Keywords: technology adoption; socio-economic determinants; improved cook-stove; ICS; water boiling time; fuel-wood consumption; carbon monoxide emission; sustainable development; Nigeria.

DOI: 10.1504/WRSTSD.2017.087167

World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, 2017 Vol.13 No.3, pp.276 - 297

Received: 03 Oct 2016
Accepted: 01 May 2017

Published online: 06 Oct 2017 *

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