The Interdisciplinary Group for Appropriate Rural Technology (GIRA) is a private, non-profit organization that was created in 1985. GIRA is dedicated to design, develop and promote technologies that use natural resources in an environmentally and socially sustainable way. At the same time GIRA provides technical and logistical assistance to rural communities in projects that: i) preserve cultural traditions (traditional arts and crafts for example); ii) create jobs and economic initiatives based on the conservation and recuperation of local natural resources; iii) promote equal opportunities for women in society as well as in the home. GIRA is based in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico.
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Country: Mexico Traget population, including indigenous poor people in the Purhepecha Region, Michoacan State. Scale: international level
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
We developed an Efficient Cookstove Participatory Integrated Dissemination Package, directed to assure the successful dissemination and operation of our Patsari Stoves. We train end users using participatory methods. Stoves are built and monitoring is performed within households to assure proper performance.
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Relevant Publications or Studies
- Masera, O.R. y J. Navia, 1997. Fuel Switching or Multiple Cooking Fuels: Understanding Interfuel Substitution Patterns in rural Mexican Households, Biomass and Bioenergy 12:5 pp. - Masera, O.R., B.D. Saatkamp y D.M. Kammen 2000. From Linear Fuel
Our Contribution to the Partnership
We have expirience with stoves dissemination, improved stoves, monitoring and performance of technology and adoption levels. We can share our experience and help strengthen initiatives and programs.
