A market assessment for modern cooking in Malawi

Coley, Will and Eales, Aran and Frame, Damien and Galloway, Stuart and Archer, Lloyd; (2020) A market assessment for modern cooking in Malawi. In: 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). IEEE, Piscataway, NJ.. ISBN 9781728173894 (https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342930)

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Abstract

This paper presents the findings from a study which used household surveys and expert interviews to investigate cooking practices and understand the barriers and opportunities to the growth of the modern cooking sector in Malawi. The findings from expert interviews highlight barriers to electric and LPG cooking around the weakness of existing infrastructure, lack of consumer willingness and ability to pay and resistance to the adoption of modern cooking devices. The greatest opportunity for electric cooking is in urban areas and on mini-grids, while LPG is also most viable in urban areas, however knowledge and infrastructure gaps need to be narrowed to facilitate growth. An analysis of household surveys in urban, peri-urban and rural areas, using data from “indicative cooking diaries”, demonstrates the diversity of cooking practices in Malawian households by showing what, how, and with what, dishes are cooked. It is demonstrated that there is a latent demand for modern cooking in Malawi. Targeted research is needed to test modern cooking devices’ ability to cook Malawian dishes in ways which are acceptable to Malawian people, in order to effectively accelerate a transition towards modern cooking in Malawi and address the negative health and environmental impacts of biomass cooking.

ORCID iDs

Coley, Will ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4059-2579

Eales, Aran ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9090-529X

Frame, Damien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3236-2738

Galloway, Stuart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1978-993X

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  Item type:	Book Section
  ID code:	74499
  Dates:	Date Event 1 November 2020 Published 30 June 2020 Accepted
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  Keywords:	modern cooking, Malawi, market assessment, electric cooking devices, cooking fuel, Sub-Saharan Africa, sustainable development, Electrical Engineering. Electronics Nuclear Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  Subjects:	Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
  Department:	Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering Strategic Research Themes > Ocean, Air and Space Strategic Research Themes > Measurement Science and Enabling Technologies Strategic Research Themes > Energy
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	04 Nov 2020 16:05
  Last modified:	22 Nov 2022 04:28
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/74499