Abstract

Over 94 percent of energy consumption in Ethiopia comes from biomass fuels along with traditional cooking technologies and this pattern has major effect on livelihood and deforestation in the country. To overcome these problems the government of Ethiopia and International development organizations, have recently ramped up efforts to promote the use of Improved Cook Stoves (ICS) in the country. However, the dissemination of the ICS is very low in the study area so far. Thus, the purpose of this study was to asses factors that Challenges the dissemination of ICS utilization among rural households in the case of Adiyo Woreda Kaffa Zone. Among 28 kebeles in Adiyo Woreda, Boka and Mera Kebeles were selected using purposive sampling. Sample size between the users and non-users of ICS, was determined using proportionality principle and more proportion of sample was given to those ICS user households. Then, 298 sample households were selected using systematic random sampling technique. The household surveys, focus group discussion, personal observations and key-informants interview were used for primary data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Logistic regression was employed to assess determinants that were affecting dissemination of ICS among rural households. The inferential statistics like chi-square and t-test were employed to see the statistical significances and associations of variables. Logistic regression results revealed that ICS use has a statistically significant and negative relationship with gender, family size and the price of the stove while, positive relationship with educational status, annual income, distance to forest, availability of promotion, availability of credit service, awareness on government policy.

Keywords: Dissemination; Biomass energy source; Improved cook stove; Traditional Cooking stove; Utilization