The determinants of rural women's decision-making on adopting improved cook-stoves to diversify livelihood strategies in Busega District, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Ngusa, Debora Andew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-19T09:35:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-19T09:35:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | Full-text is also available at https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjds/article/view/258419 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article examines the determinants influencing the decision-making process of rural women in Busega District, Tanzania, regarding the adoption of improved cook-stoves and livelihood strategies diversification. The sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) was adopted to explain key variables of the study. A crosssectional research design was applied to collect data from 210 rural women through a household survey. Findings show that 71.43% of the respondents preferred to use improved cook-stoves, but only 23.33% managed to adopt them; while 28.57% showed disinterest due to past accidents of kerosine stove explosions (mindsets). Price fluctuation (seasonality) emerged as the primary determinant affecting the decision to adopt improved cook-stoves; acknowledged by 96.19% of the rural women. A t-test (p-value 0.00 at p-value 0.05) analysis revealed a significant difference in food preparation hours between women with and without improved cook-stoves, indicating their positive impact. Moreover, excessive time spent on gathering firewood and cooking hindered 76.67% of rural women from effective participation in livelihood strategies diversification. In conclusion, mindsets and seasonality were the key determinants influencing rural women’s decisions on adopting improved cook-stoves. The article recommends for community development officers to empower rural women and address these determinants to facilitate informed decision-making on the adoption of improved cook-stoves to save time for livelihood strategies diversification. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ngusa, D. A. (2023). The Determinants of Rural Women's Decision-Making On Adopting Improved Cook-stoves to Diversify Livelihood Strategies in Busega District, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Development Studies, 21(1). | |
| dc.identifier.other | URL: https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjds/article/view/258419 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.udom.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12661/4798 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Tanzanian Institutes of Development Studies | |
| dc.subject | Adoption | |
| dc.subject | Decision-making | |
| dc.subject | Cook-stoves | |
| dc.subject | livelihood strategies | |
| dc.title | The determinants of rural women's decision-making on adopting improved cook-stoves to diversify livelihood strategies in Busega District, Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Article |