Project Surya
The main objectives of this phase are:
(1) Design and testing of a low cost wood cutter, which can be used by women easily for fuel processing without being dependent on their male counterparts;
(2) Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the usage pattern of fuel and corresponding kitchen air BC concentration capturing seasonal variation in select village households;
(3) Research and development of biofuel (pellets) out of unused biomass (lying in agricultural field or domestic biomass litter burnt causing emission);
(4) Study of gender perspective of cooking in rural households;
(5) Ambient BC data collection and analysis to capture seasonal variation and post-deployment change in BC levels up to March 2011;
(6) Contribute to the UNEP publication on Surya.
(1) Design and testing of a low cost wood cutter, which can be used by women easily for fuel processing without being dependent on their male counterparts;
(2) Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the usage pattern of fuel and corresponding kitchen air BC concentration capturing seasonal variation in select village households;
(3) Research and development of biofuel (pellets) out of unused biomass (lying in agricultural field or domestic biomass litter burnt causing emission);
(4) Study of gender perspective of cooking in rural households;
(5) Ambient BC data collection and analysis to capture seasonal variation and post-deployment change in BC levels up to March 2011;
(6) Contribute to the UNEP publication on Surya.