Purpose

To implement a dissemination strategy for efficient cook-stoves - including installation, sustainable forest recovery activities, and capacity building - that is adopted in Ceará state public policy through state development plans.

Main Activities

• Install 200 additional improved cook stoves;
• Recover shrubbery forest with native species;
• Implement research on best dissemination strategy to determine the relative advantages of subsidising stove manufacturers versus stove users;
• Implement best incentives for replanting methods and forest management to generate sustainable supply of fuel wood;
• Capacitate Ceará state government in social, economic and ecological issues around efficient stove fabrication and distribution;
• Work within Ceará state government to develop a dissemination model for efficient cook stoves adopted to their development plans and public policy.

Expected Impact

The programme will take crucial steps towards:

• Enactment of informed public policy that would encourage the sustainable use of biomass in rural communities;
• Improve health through energy efficient cook stove application;
• State government agencies will have learned best dissemination methods for efficient cook stoves in rural communities;
• State government will have adopted or be close to adopting this technology in the state development plans and will be pursuing financing options for further up-scaling.