[Stoves] [biochar] Ghana: The potential of a dual purpose improved cookstove for low income earners in Ghana - Improved cooking methods and biochar production

[Nikhil Desai]

Paul:

I am reminded of some research ten years ago in Ghana agriculture land use practices and biodiesel production for European markets. 

If biochar can be used to improve biodiesel yields, would carbon credits for biodiesel have to net out carbon credits for biochar?

I mean, what is the carbon transport from trees to char (via stoves) to biodiesel and export?

Can biodiesel be a stove fuel and earn a lot of aDALYs? That's all that matters to some people. 

Nikhil



Nikhil Desai
Skype: nikhildesai888

> On Oct 10, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Paul Anderson <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Tom,
> 
> Thanks for the reference.  VERY recent publication (the journal date is February 2018  --- yes 2018).   
> 
> This will be useful information for some anticipated TLUD stove work in Ghana.   I will see if my contact in Ghana knows any of the 6 authors.
> 
> Paul
> Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
> Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu
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>> On 10/10/2017 10:58 AM, tmiles at trmiles.com [biochar] wrote:
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>> Is anyone familiar with this study from Ghana?
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>> “The potential of a dual purpose improved cookstove for low income earners in Ghana – Improved cooking methods and biochar production”
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>> Gilbert  Ayine Akolgo, Eric Osei Essandoh, Samuel Gyamfi, Thomas Atta-Darkwa, Ebenezer Nyarko Kumia, Claudia Maria Branco de Freitas Maia
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>> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032117313059#!
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>> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.09.044
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>> Abstract
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>> Many cookstove designs and biochar programs have been implemented in many countries around the world. These programs have had varied degrees of success which is generally low. Some were able to achieve all their target objectives, others achieved a fraction of their target objectives whiles others achieved different results from their initial targets. The low success rates have been attributed to disregard for various users’ considerations by the past implementers of such designs and programs. This study seeks to determine the factors and features that Ghana cookstove users want to be incorporated in the designs of their cookstove and biochar programs. The study used a nationwide survey of household cooks. It was found that about 99% of the respondents will prefer a smokeless cook stove. The challenges that they will want eliminated from the conventional cooking systems are ranked from the highest to the lowest as: smoke and heat (35.80%), difficulty in use (21.8%), cost of cooking systems (6.8%), faulty parts (3.1%), and fuel availability (2.90%). About 83% of the respondents have no idea of the use of charcoal as a soil amendment tool (biochar), which presents an opportunity to educate the communities about the potential of biochar to improve soil fertility and quality. This paper therefore recommends that future cookstove designers, researchers and biochar programs implementers consider elimination of smoke and heat as well as fuel availability ahead of the other factors considered in the design of cookstoves.
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