The 11th Southeast Asian Studies for Sustainable Humanosphere (SEA-SH) Research Seminar: “Solar energy cookers and drying for Cameroon: Life changing actions” by Pius Akumbu and Peg Barratt

Date: October 25th, 2013
Venue: Small-sized Meeting Room , Third Floor, Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall

Title: Solar energy cookers and drying for Cameroon: Life changing actions

Presenters: Pius Akumbu and Peg Barratt

Abstract:
Solar cooking has great potential for contributing to human well-being and the well-being of the planet, and efficient solar drying can help reduce the significant waste of in-season produce and contamination during drying. Home solar cooker designs include panel cookers, box cookers, and parabolic cookers. Our focus has been on box cookers, with inexpensive designs that can easily be made and we hope to spread the construction skills in Cameroon so that the people can benefit from using solar energy in food preparation. This presentation will combine (a) information about the advantages (and disadvantages) of solar cooking and solar drying, (b) information about solar cooking and drying designs, and (c) our own story of testing designs in the courtyard of the Inamori Memorial Foundation building.

BIOS: Pius Akumbu is a lectuer at the Department of Linguistics University of Buea, Cameroon and Peg Barratt is Professor of Psychology, The George Washington University