Tanzania National Clean Cooking Strategy (2024-2034)

The National Clean Cooking Strategy arises from the need for a comprehensive national plan to address the increasing environmental degradation and the health, economic, and social impacts associated with the use of traditional cooking methods. 

According to the National Energy Policy of 2015, the increasing demand for solid biomass based fuels for cooking coupled with traditional wood to energy conversion technologies, cooking methods and the use of inefficient stoves have contributed to environmental degradation. Furthermore, the policy indicates that the use of woodfuel in rural and urban areas has also contributed to health problems associated with smoke and recommends necessary exploration of possibilities for fuel switching to other forms of energy such as compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and electricity.

This strategy has been prepared to fulfill the objective of the National Energy Policy of 2015, which aims to improve quality of life by promoting the use of modern fuels. It specifically targets the following policy statements (i) enhance fuel switch from woodfuel to modern energy; and (ii) facilitate adoption of appropriate cooking appliances to promote alternatives to woodfuel.