Universal access to clean cooking

Indonesia will achieve universal access to clean cooking by 2030

• Access to clean cooking fuels by using biomass based improved cook stove technology is evaluated in this scenario. The intervention will substitute  traditional biomass cook stoves and cost $25 per household, with a monthly fuel cost of $6 per household. 
• The implementation of this program will cost the Government of Indonesia 430 Million USD to achieve universal access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking.
• Studies suggest that ICS programs often have low adoption rates due to inconvenience of use, preference for traditional cookstoves, need for frequent maintenance and repairs, etc.
• ICS programmes initially require strong advocacy to promote adoption, after which they require ongoing follow-up, monitoring, training, maintenance, and repairs in order to ensure continuing usage.
• Based on WHO guidelines for emission rates for clean cooking, only certain types of ICS technology comply, particularly when taking into account that cookstove emissions in the field are often higher than they are in the laboratory settings used for testing. Based on the need ongoing follow-up, ICS serves better as a temporary option, but is not best-suited as a long-term solution.