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

Wed Sep 27 14:24:48 CDT 2006

Tom,
The recent comments by Crispin, Christa, and now Ananda underscore the 
importance of user participation in the different stages of stove 
development.  Dean Still has often made that observation.  It is 
probably why the "official" stove testing procedures consist of 3 
protocols, including considerations for user acceptance.

Perhaps the importance of training the users has not been stressed 
enough here on the list.  Going back to the areas where we have started 
projects, several months later with the evaluation team has been 
invaluable for us to observe how the stoves actually end up being used 
and what we can modify in our training to avoid future problems.

In the current stove dissemination program we are working on through GTZ 
here in Bolivia, one key factor is user training.  I think that this  is 
especially important with the chimney stove models.  In Bolivia there 
are about 4 distinct climate zones and in each zone different fuel is 
used.  Air dried wood, brush pulled up by the roots and sometimes used 
"green", agricultural wastes, different types and sizes of animal dung 
and other biomass that may not exist in most countries and only exist 
here at high altitudes.  (by the way it is called Yareta, grows 2 cm per 
year and is considered an endangered species). 

But beyond that, Ananda's testimony is impressive. To think that stove 
has been in use 20 years. To know that the users made adaptations to 
reinforce it and extend it's life time and increase it's usability. 
Looking at the clay stove in the Anagi story, it is not so impressive, 
it looks delicate. Actually it appears similar to the mud "K´onchas" 
built here.  I wonder if there is a way to get one of the Anagi stoves 
into Aprovecho's lab for comparisons?  That is why Ananda's comments 
caught my attention so much.

Tom Miles wrote:
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stoves-bounces at listserv.repp.org
> [mailto:stoves-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Ananda S.K.
> Weerakkody
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:39 PM
> To: stoves at listserv.repp.org
> 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*
>
>
>
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>> 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)
>> To: <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
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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.
>>
>>     
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