Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment
Over 80% of the population in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa relies on biomass cooking fuel, a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We use a field experiment in Zambia to investigate the impact of solar stoves on biomass fuel use and cooking habits. Participants kept detailed food diaries...
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| author | McCann, Laura E. Michler, Jeffrey D. Mwangala, Maybin Olurotimi, Osaretin Estrada-Carmona, Natalia |
| author_browse | Estrada-Carmona, Natalia McCann, Laura E. Michler, Jeffrey D. Mwangala, Maybin Olurotimi, Osaretin |
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| description | Over 80% of the population in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa relies on biomass cooking fuel, a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We use a field experiment in Zambia to investigate the impact of solar stoves on biomass fuel use and cooking habits. Participants kept detailed food diaries, recording every ingredient and fuel source used in preparing every dish in every meal every day during the experiment. This produces data on 93,000 ingredients used to prepare 30,000 dishes. Treated households significantly reduce biomass fuel use, cutting emissions by 3–7%, but do not significantly change cooking habits. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1778322025-11-15T02:08:59Z Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment McCann, Laura E. Michler, Jeffrey D. Mwangala, Maybin Olurotimi, Osaretin Estrada-Carmona, Natalia agriculture emission reduction dietary diversity cooking methods biomass solar cookers feeding habits-dietary behaviour solar energy fuels Over 80% of the population in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa relies on biomass cooking fuel, a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We use a field experiment in Zambia to investigate the impact of solar stoves on biomass fuel use and cooking habits. Participants kept detailed food diaries, recording every ingredient and fuel source used in preparing every dish in every meal every day during the experiment. This produces data on 93,000 ingredients used to prepare 30,000 dishes. Treated households significantly reduce biomass fuel use, cutting emissions by 3–7%, but do not significantly change cooking habits. 2025-11-08 2025-11-12T09:16:49Z 2025-11-12T09:16:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177832 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley McCann, L.E.; Michler, J.D.; Mwangala, M.; Olurotimi, O.; Estrada-Carmona, N. (2025) Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment. American Journal of Agricultural Economics , Online first paper(2025-11-08). ISSN: 0002-9092 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture emission reduction dietary diversity cooking methods biomass solar cookers feeding habits-dietary behaviour solar energy fuels McCann, Laura E. Michler, Jeffrey D. Mwangala, Maybin Olurotimi, Osaretin Estrada-Carmona, Natalia Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment |
| title | Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment |
| title_full | Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment |
| title_fullStr | Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment |
| title_short | Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment |
| title_sort | food without fire environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment |
| topic | agriculture emission reduction dietary diversity cooking methods biomass solar cookers feeding habits-dietary behaviour solar energy fuels |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177832 |
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