<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-size:14px">''Adoption and impacts of clean bioenergy cookstoves in Kenya.''</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-size:14px">Kenya is one of the leading countries in the development and commercialization of clean bioenergy stoves in Sub-Sahara Africa. However, due to a series of interconnected factors, the adoption and sustained use of clean bioenergy stoves remains low in the country. This study synthesizes the current knowledge about clean and efficient bioenergy stoves in Kenya through a comprehensive review that brings together th<span class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit">e disparate knowledge about the context, status, adoption and impacts of clean bioenergy stoves in Kenya.</span></p><div class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-size:14px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:inherit">We start by outlining the main national policies technological, options and stakeholders involved in the clean bioenergy stove value chain such as government agencies, private companies, research organisations, and the civil society. Despite their different roles and interests, there is a shared expectation among all involved stakeholders that clean <a class="gmail-_58cn" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bioenergy?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAChxDRyzOl24qgXs82hDtG2V5rsgoYR_knaAQDt7mFnI8BCpiFnErli4agIgb2if-TELWz0uy9TkecxzLHVCSTn1ZjSQt53CccCrbPxDuzqEvMzsiGr0U2gBEUMvkSD2OgNdWATurlvR0KMXcqJnxzeo8zvtSLgfbi1v6ZpP1_kYeFaf9uDXIH7ShsOOKceJ5Bul4y9LpSiBK3lr0CAnMRdsoyqu3OSB0ts8W7WKeh-G5QwkDMzCN2LFoJ_gfkqnVJjlsfCNEZhzaN7w9wusheOD5eVgthUbjmdt-sPAwAE2452UkAqTcAdq55-O-8XT_Td1phZI_t7Qz1eZDDZTVGyg&__tn__=%2ANK-R" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-_5afx" style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-_58cl gmail-_5afz" style="unicode-bidi:isolate;color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:inherit">#</span><span class="gmail-_58cm" style="font-family:inherit">bioenergy</span></span></a> stoves will curb the negative sustainability impacts of traditional <a class="gmail-_58cn" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/cooking?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAChxDRyzOl24qgXs82hDtG2V5rsgoYR_knaAQDt7mFnI8BCpiFnErli4agIgb2if-TELWz0uy9TkecxzLHVCSTn1ZjSQt53CccCrbPxDuzqEvMzsiGr0U2gBEUMvkSD2OgNdWATurlvR0KMXcqJnxzeo8zvtSLgfbi1v6ZpP1_kYeFaf9uDXIH7ShsOOKceJ5Bul4y9LpSiBK3lr0CAnMRdsoyqu3OSB0ts8W7WKeh-G5QwkDMzCN2LFoJ_gfkqnVJjlsfCNEZhzaN7w9wusheOD5eVgthUbjmdt-sPAwAE2452UkAqTcAdq55-O-8XT_Td1phZI_t7Qz1eZDDZTVGyg&__tn__=%2ANK-R" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-_5afx" style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-_58cl gmail-_5afz" style="unicode-bidi:isolate;color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:inherit">#</span><span class="gmail-_58cm" style="font-family:inherit">cooking</span></span></a> options on energy security/ poverty, human health, rural livelihoods, gender equality, and the environment.</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">However, a series of factors affect the adoption and sustained use of clean bioenergy stoves such as market structure, consumer awareness, stove design/performance, and the socioeconomic status and cultural practices of stove users. We develop a conceptual framework that illustrates the interlinkages between these factors of adoption and impacts, and outline their varying degree of importance in Kenya. We finish this review by suggesting six policy and practice domains that need to be targeted by policies and research if an effective transition towards universal <a class="gmail-_58cn" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/cleancooking?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAChxDRyzOl24qgXs82hDtG2V5rsgoYR_knaAQDt7mFnI8BCpiFnErli4agIgb2if-TELWz0uy9TkecxzLHVCSTn1ZjSQt53CccCrbPxDuzqEvMzsiGr0U2gBEUMvkSD2OgNdWATurlvR0KMXcqJnxzeo8zvtSLgfbi1v6ZpP1_kYeFaf9uDXIH7ShsOOKceJ5Bul4y9LpSiBK3lr0CAnMRdsoyqu3OSB0ts8W7WKeh-G5QwkDMzCN2LFoJ_gfkqnVJjlsfCNEZhzaN7w9wusheOD5eVgthUbjmdt-sPAwAE2452UkAqTcAdq55-O-8XT_Td1phZI_t7Qz1eZDDZTVGyg&__tn__=%2ANK-R" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-_5afx" style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-_58cl gmail-_5afz" style="unicode-bidi:isolate;color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:inherit">#</span><span class="gmail-_58cm" style="font-family:inherit">cleancooking</span></span></a> is to be achieved in <a class="gmail-_58cn" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/kenya?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAChxDRyzOl24qgXs82hDtG2V5rsgoYR_knaAQDt7mFnI8BCpiFnErli4agIgb2if-TELWz0uy9TkecxzLHVCSTn1ZjSQt53CccC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