Tanzania trains food vendors how to promote clean cooking energy instead of charcoal, firewood
The Tanzanian government is training food vendors to transition from charcoal and firewood to clean cooking energy sources. This initiative is part of a national strategy to improve public health and environmental sustainability by 2034.
Why it matters
The shift toward clean cooking energy is a critical public health and environmental policy goal for developing nations to reduce indoor air pollution and deforestation.
MOROGORO: THE Tanzanian government is targeting food vendors across the country in its drive to expand clean cooking energy use, with leaders of the Tanzania Food Vendors Union (UMALITA) receiving training to promote alternatives to charcoal and firewood.
Conducted by the Ministry of Energy, the training held in Morogoro focuses on clean cooking technologies, safe usage and financing opportunities for acquiring clean cooking equipment.
Opening the training, Chief Geologist from the ministry’s Clean Cooking Energy Unit, Ngereja Mgejwa, said cooperation between the government and stakeholders is essential to encourage food vendors to switch to cleaner energy sources.
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