In most Africa countries, cooking is a dirty and
time-consuming job that involves fuel such as
wood, charcoal, or coal for a fire. Globally, some 500 million
households, with more than 70% in Africa, depend on burning solid fuel to
meet their cooking, heating and lighting needs. There is an urgent need
to investigate more efficient cook stove technologies that have very
minimal or no impact on the environment and households. In this study,
an improved mud-brick cook stove was designed and tested in a typical
family house in Cameroon. To ensure the acceptability and sustainability
of the technology, the rural dwellers were involved in the design and
implementation. The performance of the stove was compared with that of
traditional 3-stone fireside. The mud-brick cook stove construction
materials are available in communities that have clay soil and can be
made using limited tools.
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