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Solid fuel use is most prevalent in Africa and Southeast Asia where > 60% of households cook with solid fuels. In other regions, primary solid fuel use ranges from 46% in the Western Pacific, to 35% in the Eastern Mediterranean and < 20% in the Americas and Europe.May 3, 2013

How many people cook with traditional biomass in Africa?

Mar 14, 2018 · Over 700 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa depend on solid biomass fuels to meet their cooking and heating energy needs, but to date, there has been scarce information on household fuel patterns across Africa and how they differ based on location, income, and other factors. While the urban poor in many parts of the world rely on purchased firewood and …

Are cookstove markets transforming in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Jun 03, 2020 · Globally, some 2.8 billion people are cut off from clean cook fuel access, out of which 32 percent are from sub-Saharan Africa. By 2030, if the trend continues, only around 70 percent of the population worldwide will have access …

What do the urban poor use as a source of energy?

Nov 10, 2017 · Using household fuel data from the Demographic and Health Survey, this study investigated cooking fuel types and the determinants of their choice by households in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The data on household cooking energy were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics. Results show that 25% of sampled households in all …

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Tafadzwa Makonese, SeTAR Centre, Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, P. Bag 524, Auckland Park Bunting Road Campus, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa. Email: [email protected]