Understanding the determinants of household cooking fuel choice in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Nigeria
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2024
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Clean Energy
Abstract
Overreliance on traditional cooking fuels by agricultural households poses a signifcant obstacle to achieving the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goal 7 by 2030 in Nigeria. Despite the emerging recognition of remittances as a crucial factor infuencing
cooking-fuel choices in the energy-transition literature, there is a paucity of studies examining this infuence in Nigeria. Using data
from 4400 agricultural households sourced from the fourth wave of the Nigerian Living Standard Measurement Survey data sets, this
study examined the infuence of remittances on cooking-fuel choices, among other factors in Nigeria. Employing descriptive stat istics and the multinomial logit regression model, the analysis reveals that traditional cooking fuels, including wood, crop residue
and animal dung, continue to dominate the cooking-fuel landscape. The empirical result of the multinomial logit model showed that
households that receive remittances are more likely to use modern cooking fuels. Furthermore, wealthier, more educated house holds with access to electricity are more likely to use modern and transitional cooking fuels than traditional cooking fuels. Based on
the fndings, the study suggests the incentivization of remittances into the country through the reduction in associated transaction
costs and accelerated public infrastructural investment in affordable electricity and good road networks to connect rural areas to
gas-supply networks to drive the transition to modern cooking energy. Additionally, educational and awareness campaigns about the
health risks associated with traditional cooking energy, particularly indoor air pollution, should be encouraged, especially in rural
areas.
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Research Article
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agricultural households, cooking fuels, energy ladder