New ARECOP Letter from the Secretariat

The most recent letter (July-Augist 2007) from the Asia Regional Cookstove Program's Secretariat is now available.

ARECOP news from July to August 2007 is detailed.
Items covered include:

• A report of the meeting which was arranged in Bangalore,India on Gasification Stove Prototypes Try Out. It was was a part of a series of activities for the pilot projects on gasification for small scale thermal applications.
• Report of ARECOP Kitchen Improvement Training which was arranged in Vietnam between August 12-15, 2007.The training introduced a systems analysis approach to understand the kitchen and its functions. Using analysis tools , such as the culinary activity chain, time and motion study etc
• Standardisation and Quality Control in Improved Cookstove Dissemination.Based on the recommendations of The National Network Meeting in May 2007, the network is initiating a series of activities in relation to the standardisation and quality control of improved cookstove disseminated. These activities will cover technical as well as management aspects of improved cookstove programs.
• Information about the Vatannak (Palmsugar) Stove

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