Publication Date
Spring 2025
Abstract
This study focuses on the realities and perceptions of cookstoves among community members in Pemba. With a secondary focus on how the realities and perceptions of cookstove 2 use intersect with the Community Forest Pemba cookstove initiative. This study is centered in Wete District on Pemba Island Tanzania. Using a qualitative approach with semi structured interviews and biographical sketch methodology 29 total interviews were conducted which illuminated the traditional significance of the three stone fire (TSF), awareness about the health risks of cookstoves, and the impact that the Community Forest Pemba (CFP) cookstove initiate has on community members. Interviewees used specific phrasing and antidotes when discussing the TSF which illuminated the cultural significance and potential barrier for change to alternative cookstoves. Health risks were discussed by the interviewees to provide insight into awareness levels. The role of CFP in changing the lives of community members through educating them on stove production was displayed through interviews with cooperative members. This study provides insight into the complexities of stove use through the lens of local perceptions.
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
DeGrandpre, Mabel, "Examining Cookstove Use Pemba Island, Tanzania" (2025). Tanzania-Zanzibar: Coastal Ecology and Natural Resource Management . 1.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/tzz/1