Inventory of Innovative Indoor Smoke
Alleviating Technologies in Nepal
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price, socio-cultural and ethnic values, geographic and
climatic conditions, cooking behaviors, operation and
maintenance requirement, durability and the size of the
kitchen as well as local level innovations.
8.2 Recommendations
For effective promotion of these technologies, following
recommendations have been drawn:
i Effective government policy, planning to be set with
clear strategies for each of these technologies
backed by fiscal incentives
ii Promotional activities, awareness campaigns
including home visits, video presentations, trainings
and workshops at community and districts level
should be initiated
iii For creating demand among target groups,
information on health hazards due to IAP in the forms
of posters, campaigns, pictorial manuals backed by
evidences is necessary
iv Coordination between HHs, communities, private
promoters, local and central government with the
involvement of donor agencies must be strengthened
to scale-up successful technologies
v Adequate training should be provided to local
artisans/entrepreneurs on product manufacturing and
business management considering consumer
feedback. Similarly, support should be provided to
the entrepreneurs to forecast market, develop
business plans and identify and disseminate
promotional strategies
vi The briquette programmes should focus in firewood
deficit areas
vii Government should provide support in dissemination,
technical advice, quality control, and monitoring and
evaluation. Extended government or donor support
for the development of local institutions and local
expertise is required
viii Provision of technical research and development
support with adequate funding is needed for
technology design and promotion
ix Effort should be made to scale-up the best practices
and continuation of research to improve the design
and efficiency
x Provision of subsidy and loan should be provided
to increase the demand of improved technologies.
Supply side should be strengthened. Easy loans
should be provided to the manufacturers for
starting up businesses to promote technology.
Likewise, formation of locally managed revolving
fund groups and increased access to credit
facilities through these funds should be
encouraged to support user HHs to buy chosen
technology and products
xi Assessment of potential markets through market
survey and increasing access of beneficiaries group
to appropriate technologies/products
xii Encourage active participation of women and dalits
(disadvantage group), and promotion of income
generating activities. Scaling-up of successful
technologies should be backed by income
generating activities
xiii Need to form strong network/coordination with
organisations and individuals with similar goals and
work together to bring about effective policy changes
that favor mitigation of IAP and technology transfers
xiv IAP mitigation technology should be integrated into
mainstream development programmes both at district
and national levels