The over all distribution of Improved biomass stoves ,total VERs , sold VERs and unsold VERs in different Zones of Eritrea are illustrated in the following table.

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Registered Improved Stove

Registered improved stove refer to the improved stove disseminated as claimed by the reporter from the institution who did the implementation work. In our terminology the name of the village designates the name of the improved biomass stove project.

Monitored Improved Stove

Monitored improved stove requires compilation of the following activities:
Village administrator interview
Stove count
Efficiency test
Household interview (Carbon credit interview)

Verified Improved Stove

The term verified improved stoves stands for those improved stoves monitored and when third party
independent verifier checks and gives approval for the monitoring activities carried out in the project.
Specific verification activities consisted of reviewing the data from the village interviews, and visiting a relatively small subset of villages and communities those have improved biomass stove projects.