This dryer is a mud brick construction built close to the ground using low-cost materials for all its parts. Practical Action Nepal has promoted this type of dryer in remote parts of the country. The solar dryer was a popular introduction because of its effectiveness, economic viability, simplicity and hygienic practice.

The purpose for the document is to serve as a base document for a national discussion process, in Guatemala. The document is a proposal that will generate an inter-sector discussion that, through pro active and respectful dialog will create a consensus in the vision of the first explicit energy policy for the country.

The Nicaragua Precious Woods Project supports the generation of 297,045 tons of carbon dioxide emission reductions by the year 2017 through reforesting 600 hectares of privately owned degraded agricultural lands in southern Nicaragua (Component 1). In addition, within the same land and as part of this project, the project's aim is to conserve approximately 350 ha of secondary forest and mature trees, for which it will not claim carbon credits from the BioCarbon Fund.