Despite the multifarious benefits of improved cooking stoves (ICSs) over traditional biomass stoves, the ICSs adoption rate in rural Bangladesh remains nominal. This paper provides evidence that there is a growing demand for this environmentally friendly and less-hazardous stove. Using a discrete choice experiment (DCE) technique, we surveyed 259 sample households in the south-western region of Bangladesh. The results from the mixed logit model suggest that households are willing to pay (WTP) about $7 on average for a ‘realistic’ (i.e., one unit or 25 %) reduction in fuel consumption and smoke emission. Moreover, we found that a one-unit (33 %) reduction of cooking time and maintenance frequency increases households' WTP by about $3 and $5 respectively. Finally, this study underscores that extensive promotion, lower installation costs and higher social awareness about health risks and environmental degradation are likely to promote ICSs adoption.

尽管改进的炉灶 (ICS) 比传统的生物质炉灶具有多种好处，但 ICS 在孟加拉国农村的采用率仍然是名义上的。本文提供的证据表明，对这种环保且危害较小的炉灶的需求不断增长。我们使用离散选择实验 (DCE) 技术对孟加拉国西南部地区的 259 个样本家庭进行了调查。混合 logit 模型的结果表明，家庭愿意为“实际”（即一个单位或 25%）的燃料消耗和烟雾排放减少支付（WTP）约 7 美元。此外，我们发现烹饪时间和维护频率每减少一个单位 (33%)，家庭的支付意愿分别增加约 3 美元和 5 美元。最后，这项研究强调了广泛的推广，