Smokeless Stove for Sustainable Rural Development

Abstract

Even in 21st Century hundreds of millions of people rely on biomass fuels for most of their energy needs despite the problems associated with traditional stoves- including energy inefficiency, respiratory disease, deforestation and environmental effects. Modern, efficient biomass stoves can reduce fuel consumption, reducing indoor air pollution, and relieving pressure on wood resources and halt deforestation. Yet despite the improvement into stoves and cost benefit, many developing country households have failed to adopt the models.In this study we try to learn from the successes and failures of efficient stoves and try to catch attention how to improve the adoption rates. These programs have been effective where householders may pay relatively high prices for wood fuels, in such cases these modern stoves can help to reduce fuel consumption, even though the improved stoves are more expensive for production and buy than traditional one. Meanwhile, improved stoves should be locally manufactured with local resources to help the economy of community.Under such conditions, community based approach to sustain the environment implementing improved stoves attract more attention. Community based biomass stoves also help to improve the social and the economic benefits of community. However, programs are most effective when they involve the local communities from production to users.