List of Stoves in Ethiopia

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Improved Household Injera Baking Stoves

No.	Stove Name	Picture	Further information on energypedia	Description
1	Mirt classical	Mirt Classical Stove	Mirt Stove HERA Mirth Stove User Manual	Mirt stove made of cement, with expansion chamber and pot-rest, 4 cylindrical enclosure parts of 6 cm thickness, no chimney, developed by the Ministry of Water and Energy in the mid of 90ies, for hh, can be found almost all over Ethiopia in urban and rural areas mainly for hh, also by commercial injera bakers and sometimes by restaurants, price from 100 – 250 Birr. stove-tests done by GIZ, by Aprovecho, by the Ministry of Water and Energy, by ESD (company in UK commissioned by WB project
2	Mirt slim	Mirt Slim Stove	Mirt Stove Slim	Mirt stove made of cement, with expansion chamber and pot-rest, 4 cylindrical enclosure parts of 4 cm thickness, no chimney, modified by GIZ in collaboration with Aprovecho in 2006, for hh, can be found in all intervention areas of the project, Addis, Amhara, Tigray, Oromia, in urban and rural areas mainly used by hh, also commercial injera bakers and sometimes by restaurants, price from 80 – 200 Birr) stove-tests done by GIZ
3	Yekum Mirt – I	Yekum Mirt Stove		Mirt stove made of cement, cladded with metal, with pot-rest and chimney at the back, on 4 legs, can be found only in Amhara and Tigray regions in few numbers, developed by GIZ in 2011 to evacuate smoke from the kitchen and to have a higher stove for comfort for the urban users, price between 800 – 1000 Birr) stove-test done by GIZ in cooperation with Ministry of Water and Energy
4	Mirt with integrated chimney	Mirt with integrated chimney		Mirt stove of cement, with expansion chamber and pot rest as well as a chimney added to the expansion chamber, developed by GIZ in 2011 in order to satisfy Government request of smoke evacuation, can be found in Tigray and Amhara in very few numbers, costs from 300 – 500 Birr) stove-test done by GIZ
5	Addis/Aprovecho stove	Addis or Aprovecho Stove		stove made of cement, a combination of mirt and rocket stove, no expansion chamber, no pot-rests but air inlet, developed by Aprovecho in 2006 on demand of GTZ because cement price was high and costs had to bring down by increasing the performance, can be found in some places in Amhara region (10 – 20 stoves), price unknown), stove-test done by Aprovecho, acceptability test done in Addis and is currently under way by the project in Tigray, Amhara, South and Oromia
6	Yekum Injera Mitad	Yekum Injera Mitad		Brick stove cladded with metal, with chimney and on 4 legs, can be found in major cities, price from 600 – 1.200 Birr, sometimes called “Laketch”, developed by Ministry of Water and Energy for institutional application, nowadays also used in hh and restaurants), pre-test done by GIZ in cooperation with Ministry of Water and Energy . Promoted by government, other NGO, Community or individual stove proucers.
7	Yekum Mirt – II	Yekum Mirt II		Mirt stove of made cement, cladded with metal, no pot-rest, no expansion chamber, one chimney, height was reduced from 24cm to 18, can be found around in Adama in Oromia Region in few numbers, stove was adapted by a trained stove producer, Meseret, price about 1.000 Birr) pre-test done by GIZ in cooperation with Ministry of Water and Energy and promoted by government, other NGO, Community or individual stove proucers.
8	Awramba fixed stove	Awramba Stove		It is made of mud, stones, ash and placed on a wood base above the ground, with expansion chamber and chimney, developed in the 80ies by the Awramba communist community in Amhara Region near Bahirda, was taken over by Amhara Mines and Energy Bureau for wider dissemination, can be found in Amhara Region), stove-test done by GIZ in cooperation with the Ministry of Water and Energy.
9	Gonzye	Gonzye Stove	Gonzye Stove Test Report Gonzye Stove Report	it is made of burned clay, similar to Mirt, 3 to 4 cylindrical enclosures, no pot-rests, developed by the Government in 2002, can be found in Amhara, Oromia, Tigray and Southern area, price from 35 – 100 Birr, cheapest Injera baking ICS stove in Ethiopia), stove-test by the Ministry of Water and Energy
10	Electrical Injera Mirtad	Electric Injera Mitad		It is locally made, developed by the Ethiopian Electrical Power Corporation; can be found all over Ethiopia, wherever electricity is available, price about 4.000 Birr

Further Information

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