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<div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%">Let's put that idea to the test. </div>
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<div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%">We can try to find evidence of a private company being accepted as an entry. If there are some, then how does the definition(s) apply. </div>
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<div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%">I am quite in favour of prizes and grants. It is however very difficult to "scale" community projects to national level. </div>
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<div id="sent"><b>Sent:</b> December 18, 2022 1:33 PM</div>
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<div id="subject"><b>Subject:</b> [Stoves] Question about Kenyan stove maker Mukuru that won the million dollar Earth Shot Prize (Patricia Mcardle)</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Crispin;
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<div>When I see <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); white-space:pre-wrap">"Community-based enterprises and cooperatives" that reads to me as trying to foster the local, village level economy, which likely includes an informal economy.
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<div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I don't see that would necessarily rule-out private enterprise businesses playing a critical role, provided that their products enhanced the local economy.</span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">For example, there may be a TLUD manufacturer where success of their business depends on consumer acceptance of the stove, which in turn depends on making and using biochar. If biochar improved organic
waste recycling, increased soil productivity, and increased horticultural production, then that would be a plus. If this was facilitated by a women's cooperative that collected biochar, increased its value, and sold it, then that would be a plus. Important
things to measure would be improved women's health, family nutrition, and household disposable income.</span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">They would probably look favorably on the private business based in the country, rather than abroad, because that would be a shorter supply chain, and not require imports. It is better to conserve
currency for importing high-tech goods.</span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers,</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Julien</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Julien Winter<br>
Cobourg, ON, CANADA<br>
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