Impact Analysis of Improved Cooking Stove In Livelihood of Rural Women

Abstract

This thesis entitled ―Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves on Rural Women": A Case Study of Sindure Village Development Committee (VDC) has been conducted in Lamjung District of Nepal. This district is located 190 km far from the capital City of Nepal, Kathmandu. It is linked with the seasonal gravel road. Until 2014, fifty percent Households of the Sindure VDCs have installed improved cooking stoves (ICS). This study mainly dealed with the impact of ICS on the rural women of Sindure VDC. This study covered three issues; time saving, fire wood saving and health related issues. A comparison study was done to find the impact of ICS over (TCS). Economic analysis and perceptional analysis on these issues were done to answer the main research question. A purposive sampling technique of data collection method was applied to retrieve the data for empirical study. Forty respondents were selected purposefully for the purpose of data gathering. . Both primary and secondary data were used for this study. Primary data were derived from interviews with the help of a semi - structured questionnaire. A face-to-face method of interview technique of data collection method was applied to data collection. And secondary data were obtained from various sources such as books, journals, research reports, magazines . The respondents of this study were all female. Majority of the respondents were Janajati and followed by a Dalit. Out of 40 HHS, It has found that 1 respondent switched to TCS. The finding revealed that an average time saves by using ICS compared to TCS is 30 min per day. It has also found respondent's involvement in other activities has increased due to the save in time . In addition, there was significant amount of fire wood saved by using ICS compared to TCS, which was almost a little bit less than half. Major health problems overcome due to use of ICS were; respiratory problems, eye born diseases, skin diseases and problems with the lungs.