USAID funding cookstove initiative in Haiti

In an effort "to establish a sustainable local market and industry for clean cooking solutions in Haiti," "USAID recently announced an award to Chemonics International to implement the three-year Improved Cooking Technology Project" to "establish a thriving local market -- on both the supply and demand sides -- as well as a sustainable industry for clean cooking solutions, including Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and more efficient biomass cookstoves," according to a USAID press release. "USAID's $7.2 million project in Haiti will support and develop viable for-profit businesses in the production and distribution of improved charcoal cookstoves and LPG stoves" and "reflects [the agency's] support of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private partnership led by the United Nations Foundation," the press release states (2/21).