Climate-Smart Agrifood Systems: Publications

Sustainable Energy for Food

• FAO and GIZ (2015). Opportunities for Agri-Food Chains to become Energy-Smart.
  
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2014). Co-optimizing Solutions: Water and Energy for Food, Feed and Fiber.
  
• GIZ (2016). Sustainable Energy for Food - Massive Open Online Course - Reader.
  
• IRENA (2016). Renewable Energy Benefits - Decentralised Solutions in Agri Food-Chains.
  

Water Use in Agriculture

• FAO. The World is Thirsty ...
  
• IGRAC (2019). Groundwater in a Changing World.
  
• FAO. Irrigation Management.
  
• Strzepek, K., & Boehlert, B. (2010). Competition for water for the food system. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 365(1554).
  
• David Molden and IWMI (2007). Water for Food, Water for Life. Earthscan.
  
• Gruère, G. and H. Le Boëdec (2019). Navigating pathways to reform water policies in agriculture. OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, No. 128, OECD Publishing, Paris.
  
• FAO and World Water Council (2015). Towards a Water and Food Secure Future – Critical Perspectives for Policy-Makers.
  

Application

Pumping and Irrigation

• Country Case Study Ongata-Rongai (Kenya): Hydroponics
  
• Country Case Study Chile – La Tirana
  
• Country Case Study India –Lalpura
  
• Country Case Study Holgojo Farm (Kenya)
  
• Country Case Study Alaoui (Morocco)
  
• IRENA (2016). Solar Pumping for Irrigation: Improving Livelihoods and Sustainability.
  
• FAO and GIZ (2018). The Benefits and Risks of Solar-Powered Irrigation: An Overview.
  
• GIZ (2019). Investigation de l’impact des installations de pompage solaire sur la consommation d’eau et la situation socio- économique d’un agriculteur dans 3 zones pilotes au Maroc.
  
• UNICEF (2019). Le Pompage Solaire. Appliqué aux Adductions d’Eau Potable en milieu rural. Manuel de Formation.
  

Cooling

• GIZ (2018). Implications of natural refrigerants for cooling technologies.
  
• REEEP (2017). Clean Energy Solutions for Milk Cooling in India and Kenya.
  

Drying

• Coffee Processing with Solar Dryers in Peru
  
• Drying Peaches with Solar Dryers in Bolivia
  

Other Type of Food Processing

• Solar Powered Oil Press for Sesame Seed
  

Energy Source 

Solar Power

• Solar Powered Irrigation Country Case Study Chile – La Tirana.
  
• Country Case Study India –Lalpura.
  
• Country Case Study Holgojo Farm (Kenya).
  
• Country Case Study Alaoui (Morocco).
  
• IRENA (2016). Solar Pumping for Irrigation: Improving Livelihoods and Sustainability.
  
• FAO and GIZ (2018). The Benefits and Risks of Solar-Powered Irrigation: An Overview.
  
• GIZ (2019). Investigation de l’impact des installations de pompage solaire sur la consommation d’eau et la situation socio- économique d’un agriculteur dans 3 zones pilotes au Maroc.
  
• UNICEF (2019). Le Pompage Solaire. Appliqué aux Adductions d’Eau Potable en milieu rural. Manuel de Formation.
  

Solar Powered Cooling

• Costs and Benefits of Clean-Energy-Technologies in the Milk Value Chain:
  
  • https://poweringag.org/docs/costs-benefits-clean-technologies-tanzania-s-milk-value-chain
    
  • https://poweringag.org/docs/costs-benefits-clean-technologies-kenya-s-milk-value-chain
    
  • https://poweringag.org/docs/costs-benefits-clean-technologies-tunisia-s-milk-value-chain
    

• REEEP (2017). Clean Energy Solutions for Milk Cooling in India and Kenya.
  

Solar Drying

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• Coffee Processing with Solar Dryers in Peru
  
• Drying Peaches with Solar Dryers in Bolivia
  

Other Solar Powered Applications

• Solar Powered Oil Press for Sesame Seed
  
• Country Case Study Ongata-Rongai: Hydroponics
  

Biomass / Biogas

• World Bank Group (2019). Have Improved Cookstoves Benefitted Rural Kenyans?
  
• Bioenergy for Agricultural Production.
  

Wind and Hydro Power

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Financing and Business Models

• REEEP and FAO (2014): Making the Case: How Agrifood Firms are Building New Business Cases in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus.
  
• INVESTA Project
  
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• INVESTA Policy Briefs
  
  • FAO (2018). Costs and Benefits of Clean-Energy-Technologies in the Milk Value Chain.
    
  • FAO (2018). Costs and Benefits of Clean-Energy-Technologies in Kenya’s Vegetable Value Chain.
    
  • FAO (2018). Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in the Philippines’ Rice Value Chain.
    

• FAO. RuralInvest – A Participatory Approach to Identifying and Preparing Small/Medium Scale Agricultural and Rural Investments.
  

Value Chains

Dairy

• ICFN and FAO (2010). Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative. Status and Prospects for Smallholder Milk Production: A Global Perspective.
  
• Costs and Benefits of Clean-Energy-Technologies in the Milk Value Chain:
  
  • https://poweringag.org/docs/costs-benefits-clean-technologies-tanzania-s-milk-value-chain
    
  • https://poweringag.org/docs/costs-benefits-clean-technologies-kenya-s-milk-value-chain
    
  • https://poweringag.org/docs/costs-benefits-clean-technologies-tunisia-s-milk-value-chain
    

Rice

• The Rice Value Chain in Tanzania: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ivc/PDF/SFVC/Tanzania_rice.pdf
  
• Rice Value Chain Analysis – Sokoto State Nigeria: https://webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu/smallholderagriculture/RiceValueChain.pdf
  
• Design and Fabrication of Solar Paddy Threshing Machine for Agriculture Purpose:  http://www.ijiere.com/FinalPaper/FinalPaperDESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLAR PADDY THRESHING MACHINE FOR AGRICULTURE PURPOSE191502.pdf
  
• Solar Rice Dryer: GrainSafeTM Dry (GSD) Development: Download Link
  
• Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in the Milk, Vegetable and Rice Value Chains: https://energypedia.info/wiki/Costs_and_Benefits_of_Clean_Energy_Technologies_in_the_Milk,_Vegetable_and_Rice_Value_Chains_(INVESTA_Project)
  

Fruit and Vegetables

• Solar-Powered Oil Press for Sesame Seed: https://energypedia.info/wiki/Solar-Powered_Oil_Press_for_Sesame_Seed
  
• How Does the Fruit and Vegetable Sector contribute to Food and Nutrition Security?: https://knowledge4food.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150630_study-impact-horticulture.pdf
  
• https://horticulture.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk1816/files/extension_material_files/2011-annual-report.pdf
  

Tea

• Training Packages Development Thermal: 
  
• Training Packages Development Electrical: 
  
• Energy Monitoring: Download Link
  
• Lighting Retrofit: Download Link
  
• Steam System Optimization: Download Link
  
•  VSD-VFD: Download Link
  
• Air Preheaters: Download Link
  
• Boilers Design: Download Link
  

Energy Efficiency

• Energy Efficiency Potentials in the Kenyan Tea Sector – Reducing Energy Consumption at Tea Processing Factories: https://energypedia.info/images/0/05/Reducing_Energy_Consumption_at_Tea_Processing_Factories.pdf