[Stoves] Billion Stoves Program and India Experience

[cornelio torrijos]

Hi all,

We have recently seen several self evaluation by some participants about the
India Improved Cooking Stove Program. For those interested to see another
evaluation, wider in scope, the following article could add other important
facts and insights:

"Boiling Point No 48 2002 23

The Indian stove programme: an insider's view –

the role of society, politics, economics and

education

*by Bhaskar Sinha, National Institute of Science, Technology & Development
Studies (NISTADS), CSIR, New Delhi*

*Email: sinhasun at hotmail.com"*

I hope you enjoy reading it ,as I did, for its possible lessons specially
for those who would like to actively promote "a billion clean stoves".
**
Cornel


On 3/13/07, adkarve <adkarve at pn2.vsnl.net.in> wrote:
>
> This refers to the height of stoves.   The height of the rocket stove is
> often used by the rural women as an excuse for rejecting it. Actually, it
> is
> the requirement of burning thin slivers of wood that the women do not like
> about this stove. They do not like to spend time and energy on splitting
> wood into thin slivers.  The kerosene stoves, both the model that required
> kerosene to be pumped or the one provided with wicks, were universally
> accepted in India, although they were significantly taller than the normal
> wood-burning stoves. But now-a-days, with the high price of kerosene, they
> have gone out of use. I therefore feel, that if a stove is really user
> friendly, women would use it, in spite of its height, width or length.
> Yours
> A.D.Karve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <crispinpigott at gmail.com>
> To: Stoves <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] Billion Stoves Program
>
>
> > Dear Dr. N
> >
> > Thankyou for that report.  It is interesting how much resistance there
> is
> to
> > increasing the stove height.   One could for example raise the surface
> onto
> > which the roti was placed instead of lowering the stove.
> >
> > I have heard many reports about stoves in India being highly constrained
> by
> > the demand that the height be limited to what is in fact an
> > inadequate-for-combustion size.
> >
> > Is it not possible to introduce other methods of getting either the cook
> or
> > the working surface raise so that stoves with better combustion and
> > performance can be introduced?  It certainly would be better for the
> cook
> if
> > they were accomodated on comfort, while also giving the fire room to
> breathe
> > properly.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Crispin
> >
> >
> >
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