Solutions for efficient and sustainable cooking

Despite the abundance of natural resources in Kenya’s sugar belt, poverty is high due to population growth, unemployment, and depletion of natural resources. Over 70 per cent of households use wood fuels in combination with inefficient cookstoves for cooking, while at the same time unused sugarcane bagasse is dumped in open fields, resulting in the release of methane. This project promotes the use of efficient cookstoves, using bio-briquettes made from sugarcane bagasse instead of firewood to contribute to emission reduction, forest protection, and biodiversity, while improving the health and income situation of the target group. The target group consists of 200 members of two village cooperatives, who are to participate in the production, marketing, and use of the cookstoves and bio-briquettes. The measures include awareness raising, capacity development, and support in setting up businesses and dialogue measures with government and sector representatives.