[Stoves] GACC in Cambodia

[Paal Wendelbo]

Dear Leslie.

 Taken into consideration the increasing unemployment in developing countries; centralized or local production of stoves and fuel should be on the agenda for the GACC Forum in Cambodia.

Stoves and fuel has always been a part of the local market and has to continue to be that to avoid loss of income generating activities. Today about 15% of the population in developing countries are involved in the charcoal business; and with the high demand of clean burning stoves, the fuel-policy will go more in direction of pellets from waste biomass as fuel, which will again demand more advanced types of stoves. My experience is that local tinsmiths only need some guide-lines and templates for production of good stoves; they mostly have the tools and the skills. The end-user and a NGO can take the control. All type combustible waste from human activities, are possible to turn into pellets for household energy. Again that will create jobs and utilization of local resources. 

Centralization and mass-production will obviously give cheaper stoves but more expensive fuel, but by creating jobs the cooks will buy the best stove, which utilize the cheapest fuel. 

Best regards Paal Wendelbo.  paaw at online.no 
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