Abstract Stove and fuel stacking is becoming accepted as part of the clean cooking transition process, even though it attenuates positive health and climate benefits that can be realized by cookstove interventions. This study analyses the underlying drivers of stove and fuel stacking from the household perspectives, and its implications for improving impact of clean cooking programs. The study draws on a case study of two communities in Western and Northern Kenya: rural households predominantly using biomass fuels and urban households predominantly using liquefied petroleum gas for cooking. Data was collected through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, and was analysed using the systematic procedures of grounded theory. Stove and fuel stacking is found to be a pervasive practice, necessitated by the inability of any single cooking device to fulfill all stove applications and needs in the household. Time-costs and practical limitations associated with the primary stove, such as inability to accommodate large pot sizes were identified as the major reasons for stacking. These reasons were much more dominant than cultural attachment to traditional stoves and associated food tastes. Stacking had some highly regarded positive benefits, such as providing a fallback stove when the primary one could not meet key functionalities; and saving time by allowing for multiple dishes to be prepared simultaneously. Our findings support other studies that have shown stacking to be a common practice, and highlights the implications of this practice for strategies aimed at scaling-out clean cookstoves.

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家庭对炉灶和燃料堆放的看法：肯尼亚城乡的定性研究

摘要 炉灶和燃料堆放已被接受为清洁烹饪过渡过程的一部分，尽管它削弱了可以通过炉灶干预实现的积极健康和气候效益。本研究从家庭角度分析了炉灶和燃料堆放的潜在驱动因素，及其对改善清洁烹饪计划影响的影响。该研究借鉴了肯尼亚西部和北部两个社区的案例研究：主要使用生物质燃料的农村家庭和主要使用液化石油气做饭的城市家庭。通过深入访谈和焦点小组讨论收集数据，并使用扎根理论的系统程序进行分析。发现炉子和燃料堆放是一种普遍的做法，由于任何单一的烹饪设备都无法满足家庭中的所有炉灶应用和需求，因此必不可少。与主炉子相关的时间成本和实际限制，例如无法容纳大锅，被认为是堆叠的主要原因。这些原因比对传统炉灶和相关食物口味的文化依恋更为重要。Stacking 有一些备受推崇的积极好处，例如在主要功能无法满足关键功能时提供备用炉；并通过允许同时准备多道菜来节省时间。我们的研究结果支持其他研究，这些研究表明堆叠是一种常见做法，并强调了这种做法对旨在扩大清洁炉灶的战略的影响。