Energy is one of the basic things needed to satisfy basic human needs. The primaryrnsource of almost all forms of energies is the sun. Ethiopia is among the countries situated inrnthe Sunbelt and is endowed with abundant solar radiation, yet it suffers from cooking energyrnshortage. Inability of Ethiopians to get alternative cooking energy source to biomass fuelrnforces them to unsustainable use of biomass energy resources that degrade the environment.rnSolar cookers, which depend on clean, free, and abundant solar radiation can play anrnimportant role in help to solve the cooking energy shortage throughout the country. In AdaarnChukala Woreda, distribution of solar cookers has been done since 2007. With thisrnbackground, efforts were made to explore the attitude, perception and acceptability of solarrncookers by women and the economic and environmental benefits of the technology in thernarea. Regarding attitudes, it was found that 97.5% of the women have favourable attituderntowards solar cookers while the remaining 2.5% have a neutral attitude. Perception ofrnwomen obtained from their last words is in favor of using solar cooker. Solar cooker usernfrequency together with the favourable attitude women have towards it shows the majorityrnof women have accepted the solar cooker as an alternative cooking device. Constraints tornfrequent use of solar cookers in the area are the non competiveness of the solar cooker withrnthe traditional stoves and the cognitive behavior of women towards the technology. Thernexperimental results of measuring the amount of wood and charcoal as well as solar cookerrnshows that regularly cooking selected foods on the solar cooker for a week can save 5.18 torn7.245Kg of wood, which costs in the range of birr 3.367 to birr 4.709. Using charcoal inrnplace of wood to cook these foods needed 2.31Kg to 4.9Kg of charcoal and this had a pricernof birr 5.567 to birr 11.809. Expanding these values to a larger number of solar cookers hasrna significant benefit from the environmental and economic point of view. Hence solarrncooker dissemination throughout the country can play greater role to reduce the cost ofrnenergy for households and help them save from their meager income and thereforerncontribute to poverty reduction, the main enemy of the country. Solar cookers use has thernpotential to create environmental awareness among beneficiaries and reduce the amount ofrnbiomass fuels consumed on open fire and contribute to environmental safety.rnKey words: biomass energy, alternative energy, solar cooker, household size, stove, cookingrnmethod.