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● projectActive · subnational · 2003
Patsari stove: improved wood-burning cookstoves (GIRA)
Innovation and social appropriation of technology program that developed, disseminated and evaluated the Patsari stove, an improved wood-burning stove with a chimney that reduces firewood consumption (~50%) and vents smoke out of the home (~70% less indoor air pollution).
illustrative atlas image · Hush Naidoo Jade Photography / UnsplashGAGIRA A.C. (Grupo Interdisciplinario de Tecnología Rural Apropiada)UDUnidad de Ecotecnologías, UNAM Campus MoreliaOMOmar MaseraVBVíctor Berrueta
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01 The context
Born in the P'urhépecha region of Michoacán, it spread to other states through programs linked to the carbon market. It has a health impact evaluation through a randomized controlled trial.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceImpact of the Improved Patsari Biomass Stove on Urinary Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biomarkers and Carbon Monoxide Exposures in Rural Mexican WomenEnvironmental Health Perspectives 119(9):1301-1307 · 2011
EvidenceImproved biomass stove intervention in rural Mexico: impact on the respiratory health of womenAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2009