Mali – Clearing the air over clean cookstoves. DEMAND, 1(1) 2013.
Nathan Johnson, et al.
This article starts on page 8 of the DEMAND journal.
Not a single woman owned only improved cookstoves — one of several strong indicators that improved cookstoves do not address all cooking needs in the study village.
It’s common for women within the same family to have separate kitchens and cookstoves.
Cookstove portability is important. Women prefer to cook meals inside the kitchen and heat water outside the kitchen. Further, approximately 10% of the village travels to hamlets during the farming season and would be unable to transport stationary cookstoves installed into kitchens
