[Stoves] Development and Dissemination in Sri Lanka: the Anagi Story

[Tom Miles]

Ananda,

Thank you for the first hand account. We're happy to take you "home" 

The Anagi story is very inspiring. It seems to be a low cost clay stove that
is suited to the users, suited to large scale production and has generated
so much value for so many people that it seems to have created its own value
in the market. It is an example for other designs in other areas.

Tom


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[mailto:stoves-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Ananda S.K.
Weerakkody
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [Stoves] Stoves Digest, Vol 3, Issue 54

*Dear Tom,*
**
*Thank you very much for your article about Sri Lankan stove. I was very
happy to see that and which brought me some past memorys.*
*The small town "Kumbukgete" is 23 miles from my home at (North Western
Province) Provincial capital"Kurunegala". I have relatives living there.*
*I have this stove at home and my mom use it more often than the LPG stove.
This stove was in SriLanka since 1980s, made out of kiln burnt clay. I
bought it 20 years ago and this stove project was under Ceylon Electricity
Board at that time as far as I know.*
**
*As this is not reinforced, we need some extra mud layer with few bricks
around it when fixed at the fire place. Thereby it will withstand heavy pots
on top without breaking apart. That is how I am still using it, even after
20 years.*
**
*Ananda*
*Philippines & Sri Lanka*



> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:06:42 -0700
> From: "Tom Miles" <tmiles at trmiles.com>
> Subject: [Stoves] Development and Dissemination in Sri Lanka: the
>        Anagi   Story (IDEA)
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> Link to the story and pictures at:
>
> http://bioenergylists.org/en/srilankaanagi 
>
> Commercialised stove production in Sri Lanka - 300000 stoves a year - A
> success story.
>
> By R.M.Amerasekera Executive Director IDEA
>
> Since the inception of improved cook stove(ICS) program in Sri Lanka in
> early 1970s it has gone through several stages during its long journey.
> The
> period can be broadly divided into three phases of development.
>
> (1) Design and testing phase 1970-1985
>
> (2)Promotion & dissemination 1985-1991
>
> (3)Commercialisation phase 1991-2005.
>
> approach. The present design is an one piece two-pot clay stove, which can
> be used alone or with a mud-insulated covering as desired by the user
> according to its needs. About 750000 stoves have been disseminated during
> the subsidised phase from 1985 - 1991 with the support of the government
> and
> several donor agencies mainly the DGIS (Royal Netherlands Government). The
> stove promoted during this phase, which was a two pot mud insulated with a
> pottery liner required a skilled stove-installer. It was developed by the
> "Sarvodaya", a leading NGO. It turned out, however, that it was difficult
> to
> promote a heavy mass stove as a marketable product. That is why this model
> was later modified into a twopot single piece clay stove, which is the
> present stove called "Anagi". It was the model used in the
> commercialisation
> phase initiated in 1991 by the Integrated Development Association (IDEA)
> with technical assistance from the ITDG and funding from the ODA. The
> stove
> is designed to cater for the cooking needs of an average family of 6
> people.
>