Feeding Ourselves Sustainably

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Please note any specific results, preferably tangible and measurable, that people implementing this solution have achieved. References to specific case studies would be helpful.

E.g. "The Soldar Collective sold 10,000 fuel efficient stoves in the village of Soldar in Kondar, India resulting in a 60% decline in fuel wood collection as measured by an independent auditor. More details can be found by clicking here."

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Please note what limitations exist that would make implementing the solution ineffective or counter productive? Are there any specific barriers to adopting the solution?

E.g. "The use of wood to cook can be highly culturally dependent. For example, some communities have specific rituals for cooking which require open fires, changing the cooking stove can change the taste of food and make it harder to prepare food. Be sure to conduct thorough test studies before implementing a large-scale project so that this solution will work at scale in your project area. We recommend adapting this solution to meet the needs of your situation – such as providing micro-financing to buy stoves in areas with incomes below US$3/day."

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Please note when this solution is best used. What circumstances make the adoption of the solution particularly appropriate and effective? Is there a particular time of year, a particular trigger event, a particular population group that is key to success?

E.g. "This solution is best used where there are clear incentives to reduce the use of fuel wood such as reducing the time spent by women and children in the community to collect wood, or reducing soil erosion and improving water quality for the community."

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Please provide a step by step instructions for how Ato implement the solution. This will likely be the longest section of the solution with the most detail.

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Step 1: Initial Site Suitability Survey

• Seek out a local community based organization to find 10 prospective homemakers to survey, make sure they are representative of the wider community
• If literacy levels are low, ask the community based organization to conduct the survey in person and record the results themselves
• Follow the protocol in the file called ‘Initial Survey’ in the ‘Files & Photos’ tab
• Etc…

Step 2: Feasibility Study

• Etc …

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Please share your hard learned lessons. What common mistakes would people implementing this solution make? How can they avoid making them and saving time and money?

E.g. "We recommend engaging an older and well respected female member of the community who is well-known for her cooking prowess as a way to understand what barriers to adopting fuel efficient stoves might exist. She may well become on of your strongest advocates."

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Please share what equipment and supplies are needed for successfully implementing a solution. Be as specific as you can with the number of each item required, its length/weight/quality etc, and if it’s a hard to find item, the name of a supplier, its item number, price, website, and telephone number. If you are only giving phone numbers don’t provide free-dial numbers that will not be accessible internationally.

E.g.

Number	Name	Supplier	Item#/SKU	Price	Website	Phone
10,000	Less-Wood	Stove Inc.	2459-99887	US$5	www.stove.com	+1 (567) 555-1234

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Please share what monitoring and evaluation approaches are best used to assess the effectiveness of the solution during and after its implementation. Be sure to include, or link to, any specific documents or templates you have designed that might be useful to other people.

E.g. "We suggest taking a random sample of households in your target communities to estimate fuel wood use prior to implementing your project. Be sure to include a control community where you don’t implement the solution. Then follow up with the same survey in the same households six months and a year after implementation. The survey protocols and templates can be found in the ‘Files & Photos’ tab."

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Please share whatever resources such as websites, books, case studies, support groups etc that would be helpful for people implementing the solution. Don’t forget you can upload files and photos to the ‘Files & Photos’ tab of the solution. Also, you can connect this solution to consultants / service providers, practitioners, funders etc in the ‘Network’ tab.

E.g.

• "Fuel Efficient Stove" by P.Galvin (ISBN 0872884952) – good read for beginners.
• The Stove Org - a great consultancy/service provider dedicated to helping practitioners implement successful projects – we added a link in the ‘Network’ Tab
• Biogas - a solution on WiserEarth focused on alternative energy sources to fuel wood and might be suitable for your situation.