Expanding access to LPG in Burkina Faso through microfranchised distribution

In Burkina Faso, non-renewable woodfuel represents ninety-one (91) per cent of the total energy consumed yearly. Indeed, eighty-four (84) per cent of households use wood and charcoal on a daily basis. For that reason, there is a growing pressure on forests and the country currently looses 105,000 hectares of forested land every year according to the Ministry in charge of environmental issues (“Ministère de l’environnement et du développement durable"). High efficiency improved cookstoves and gas stoves help fight deforestation by significantly reducing the demand for wood and charcoal, and thus contribute to a global reduction in GHG emissions from biomass combustion. To deal with this issue, the French NGO Entrepreneurs du Monde launched a new program called Nafa Naana with the objective to facilitate access to cleaner, more modern and cheaper sources of energy for all. Nafa Naana takes place in the context of the National Plan for the Environment (PANE) established in 1991 by the Government of Burkina Faso, and is financially supported by the Ministry of Mines, Quarries and Energy. Nafa Naana works as a social micro-franchise that distributes more efficient charcoal and wood stoves, LGP stoves and solar lanterns. Nafa Naana is developing its own distribution network with the objective of making those products easily available to all. Financial services are offered to Nafa Naana clients either as group loans or individual loans to help people with limited financial means access those products. Finally, Nafa Naana is trying to increase the level of awareness in local populations about the described issues and the advantages of those products by creating communication tools tailored to the local context. The next step will very likely be the creation of a social enterprise in order to assure the sustainability of its social mission: to distribute as many energy products as possible in Burkina Faso. The project activity “Expanding access to LPG in Burkina Faso through microfranchised distribution" is in phase with this approach since it aims to promote the use of LPG as a source of energy for cooking, thus limiting the usage of wood and thus reducing emissions of greenhouse gas. Other than the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and helping fight deforestation, this project also offers the possibility to reduce the emissions of toxic fumes such as carbon monoxide and PM 2.5 inside the homes of the beneficiary population. Indeed, the combustion of wood with traditional stoves releases toxic fumes in the air. These toxic fumes are one of the main causes of respiratory diseases among women and children. Finally, the use of LGP cookstoves, instead of traditional ones, means that the end user is saving significant amounts of money because fuel expenses per gram of food cooked are lower for LPG than for wood when the wood is purchased by the user.

Project ID

GS1146

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption v 2.

Developer

Entrepreneurs du Monde · 2 projects

Country

Burkina Faso

First vintage

2016

Crediting period

2016-04-30 to 2026-04-29

Estimated yearly credits

8,877

Scale

Micro Scale · Standalone

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Coordinates

12.3615, -2.4390

Source

Gold Standard registry (public API)