Gender norms in rural north India may play role in slow adoption of cleaner, government-endorsed fuel sources for cooking

Head shot of Aashish Gupta

Harvard Bell Fellow Aashish Gupta, PhD, and colleagues have published a study in World Development that indicates that despite the government promoting the uptake of cleaner fuel (liquid petroleum gas) for cooking in rural north India, the majority of households are still using solid fuel, which poses health risks due to air pollution.