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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Dear
all,<br>
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Please join us for an NCEAS Roundtable this <b>Monday,
July 21st
</b> at 12:15 pm in conference room #323 (3rd floor of
Balboa Building).<br>
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<div><font>Ms. Pia Otte<br>
</font><span>PhD Candidate<br>
Norwegian University of Science and Technology<br>
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"<span></span>Sunrise or sunset? -- A comparative study on the
successful adoption of institutional solar cookers in the
developing world"<b><span
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Abstract: This study investigates the determining factors that
lead to the (not) successful adoption of institutional solar
cookers. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 24
institutions in four different countries (Botswana, Burkina
Faso, South Africa and India) that had a particular<br>
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type of solar cooker installed. A Qualitative Comparative
Analysis (QCA) approach was employed to answer the question at
hand. The analysis results in four core variables, the presence
of which leads to the successful adoption of solar cookers.
These are: (1) ‘High Compatibility with Schedule of Daily
Routine’, (2) ‘High Compatibility with Local Food
Characteristics’, (3) ‘High Levels of Economic Motivation’ and
(4) ‘High Levels of Environmental Motivation’. An interesting
result is that institutions that have successfully adopted solar
cookers are religious institutions. In these contexts, ‘High
Compatibility with Local Food Characteristics’<br>
and ‘High Levels of Environmental Motivation’ take on a
different meaning than that which<br>
is assumed previously in the literature. The religious
institutions that successfully adopted<br>
solar cookers show a very strong affinity for protecting nature
as part of their spiritual belief.<br>
Furthermore, the condition ‘High Compatibility with Local Food
Characteristics’ took on<br>
another spiritual meaning apart from the actual objective taste;
it became associated with<br>
purity, one major principle of Hinduism.<br clear="all">
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Everyone is welcome to attend. <br>
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