VPA1 - Improved Charcoal Cookstove in Ashanti and Central Regions of Ghana by Ecolinks

The purpose of this VPA is to disseminate clean cooking technologies with the distribution of Improved Cookstoves (ICS) type GYAPA, that will substitute traditional three-stones cookstoves in Ghana, exclusive in the Ashantis Region and Central Region. This switch will reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG emissions from the burning of non-renewable woody biomass and/or charcoal, create a healthier environment for the households by reducing the amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and reduce physical risks associated with the operation of the cooking device. In Ghana, approximately 75% of households continue to rely on open-fire options for their cooking needs, resulting in an average of 1 million deaths annually caused by kitchen smoke and a 15% increase in forest degradation due to the harvesting of fuel.1 The purpose of the VPA is to disseminate the use of ICS in the Ashanti and Central Region of the Republic of Ghana, replacing traditional three-stone cookstoves with more efficient ICS.