ఇన్నోవేటివ్ ఎనర్జీ & రీసెర్చ్

నైరూప్య

Analysis of the Satisfaction of Household users of the Improved Cooking Stove and Liquefied Petroleum Gas in Kinshasa

Mpanzu Balomba, Charles Kinkela Savy

This study analyses the satisfaction of 148 and 47 households who respectively adopted the improved cooking stove and the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in 2020 out of a sample of 1154 households. It sought to identify the critical parameters on which to focus for the continued use of the improved cooking stove and the LPG for cooking. The data was collected via a survey to evaluate the level of satisfaction of households surveyed using the improved cooking stove or the LPG. It emerges from this study that the households using the improved cooking stove are satisfied with this stove, especially the imported brands or those produced by the specialized structures. On the other hand, stoves made by local craftsmen are less appreciated. For liquefied petroleum gas, its price and the difficulties in obtaining it constitute the elements of the dissatisfaction of user households. The Congolese government should make it easier for local craftsmen who are increasingly embarking on the manufacture of improved cooking stoves, on the one hand; and subsidize the price of gas to make it more accessible to most Congolese households who are poor.