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Stoves fired with shea shells to reduce the environmental impact of shea production in Burkina Faso
- Progress stage
- Jul 2023 to Feb 2025
The project, led by Cirad, plans to produce stoves using shea nut shells as an alternative to wood. This new technology could be used by cooperatives and women–led organizations, which are often in charge of collecting, boiling and shelling shea nuts in Burkina Faso. FID’s funding will enable existing stoves to be fueled with shea shells and evaluate their efficiency with local populations.
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Context
Shea nuts are one of the main agricultural products of southwestern Burkina Faso. Producers mainly use wood-burning stoves to boil the shea nuts and make butter out of them. These stoves require a lot of wood, and therefore increase deforestation while generating toxic fumes that can be harmful to the health of the women using them on a daily-basis.
Innovation
The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (Cirad) carries out this project, which aims to adapt wood-burning stoves to the use of a different kind of fuel, shea nut shells, which are normally discarded after being boiled. By using shea nut shells as fuel, this project aims to promote a new cooking method respectful of the environment and of the health of women producers.
FID’s funding will be used to further improve the existing stoves and test their use by a group of volunteer women in order to gather their feedback and meet their needs.
Expected results
The FID-funded study will enable the introduction and testing of the innovation in 9 villages in Burkina Faso and determine whether it helps:
- Improve the health of producers by reducing their exposure to fumes
- Increase the income of producers through the use of an available and cost-free alternative fuel
- Shorten the time spent on harvesting wood
- Reduce deforestation
- Add value to shea nut shells, which are usually regarded as residual waste.
Project progress
- July 2023
Launch of the project
The kick-off meeting for the KarBur project was held on July 10, 2023. A data collection campaign has already begun in order to confirm current shea nut scalding practices, existing disincentives to the use of hulls as fuel and smoke emissions with current stoves.
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