Demo Cookstoves

About this activity

Improved cookstoves for households in Dedza district, replacing three-stone fires. Usage is monitored by kitchen surveys and by temperature loggers on a sampled subset, and stoves are replaced on a five-year cycle within the crediting period.

Sustainable Development Goals

3 5 7 15

Goal	Target	Indicator	National reference
SDG 3 — Good health and well-being	3.9	Reduction in household exposure to fine particulate matter (%)	Updated NDC, p. 38
SDG 5 — Gender equality	5.4	Reduction in hours a woman spends collecting firewood each week (hours)	Updated NDC, p. 41
SDG 7 — Affordable and clean energy	7.1	Households cooking on an improved stove rather than a three-stone fire (number)	Updated NDC, p. 34
SDG 15 — Life on land	15.2	Non-renewable biomass no longer taken from the Dzalanyama reserve (tonnes)	National Forestry Policy 2016

Where it is

District

Dedza

P-code MW208

Site

Households across Dedza district, distributed through the district council and eight cooperating extension planning areas.

Coordinates

-14.37000, 34.33000

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Baseline scenario

Three-stone fires burning non-renewable biomass collected from the Dzalanyama and Mua-Livulezi forest reserves, at the fraction of non-renewable biomass published for the central region.

Authorisation

The Authority's authorisation is what allows units to be issued for this activity, and it sets the ceiling on how many there can ever be.

Status

Active

Authorised for

NDC

Maximum units

25,000 tCO₂e

Buffer withheld

5%

Issued against the ceiling

12,000 / 25,000

Issuances

Vintage	Quantity	Serial range	Type	Status
2026	12,000	MW-MO-A62-0001-0000-2026-01-0000000001..0000012000	MO	split

Retirements

No units from this activity have been retired.

Corresponding adjustments

NDC period	Vintage	First transferred	Adjustment	Applied
2021-2030	2026	9,500	1,583	25 Aug 2026