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Nepal is a mountainous country with challenging topographical and socio-economic conditions. A quarter of its population live below the poverty line, with Dalits or untouchables, the lowest social strata in Nepals prevailing centuries-old caste system being particularly disenfranchised. Besides economic poverty, these groups lack modern energy services for household cooking and rely on inefficient, health-harming open fire stoves.
This improved cooking stoves project services marginalised Dalits and the Janajatis indigenous minority living in Central Tarai, a region of Nepal below the southern Himalayan foothills where populations rely heavily on solid biomass fuel for cooking. The ICSs follow the Aprovecho Institutes mud-brick rocket stove design, featuring an L-shaped combustion chamber and pot skirt that improves both heat transfer and combustion efficiency. Wood is fed horizontally into the fuel chamber where an internal chimney creates a draft that accelerates combustion. Gases are then forced through the skirt surrounding the cookpot. As the rocket stoves allow for complete fuel combustion, air pollution is minimised for a smoke-free kitchen.
As well as lowering emissions, the rocket stoves allow for complete fuel combustion, minimising air pollution for a healthier, smoke-free kitchen which improves household health. Being more efficient, the stoves also require up to 50% less woodfuel, which alleviates deforestation pressures on nearby ecosystems. The project also creates employment for local men and women, who are trained by the project proponent on stove installation and construction.
To learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals verified by the standard for this project, please check the registry link.
