Climate-Smart Agrifood Systems: Publications

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Sustainable Energy for Food

• 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.
  
• How Access to Energy can Influence Food Losses: A Brief Overview
  
• World Bank (2019). The Market Opportunity for Productive Use Leveraging Solar Energy (PULSE) in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Powering Agriculture (2020). Technology Case Study: Clean Energy Agro-Processing

Gender Aspects

• Renewable Energy: A Gender Perspective
  
• Understanding Gender Impact: A Lean Data How-To Guide
  

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.
  
• Field Guide to Improve Water use Efficiency in Small-Scale-Agriculture: The case of Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda.
  

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.
  
• World Bank (2018).Solar Pumping: The Basics

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 Water Pump Outlook 2019: Global Trends and Market Opportunities
  

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

• Solar Rice Dryer
  
• 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

• GIZ (2010). Micro Hydro Power Scout Guide.
  

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

• FAO (2015). The Rice Value Chain in Tanzania. A Report from the Southern Highlands Food Systems Programme.
  
• Winrock International (2012). Rice Value Chain Analysis – Sokoto State Nigeria.
  
• Nidagundi, A. and Mulimani, R. (2017). Design and Fabrication of Solar Paddy Threshing Machine for Agriculture Purpose. International Journal of Innovative and Emerging Research in Engineering, 4(10).
  
• FAO (2018). Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in the Philippines' Rice Value Chain.
  

Fruit and Vegetables

• Solar-Powered Oil Press for Sesame Seed
  
• F. Joosten, Y. Dijkxhoorn, Y. Sertse and R.Ruben. How Does the Fruit and Vegetable Sector contribute to Food and Nutrition Security?
  

Tea

• KTDA, ETP and Strathmore University (2019). Training Package Thermal.
  
• KTDA, ETP and Strathmore University (2019). Training Package Electrical.
  

Energy Efficiency

• Energy Efficiency Potentials in the Kenyan Tea Sector – Reducing Energy Consumption at Tea Processing Factories

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
  
  • FAO (2018). The Costs and benefits of clean energy technologies in the milk, vegetable and rice value chains.
    
  • FAO (2019). Measuring Impacts and Enabling Investments in Energy-Smart Agrifood Chains.
    

• 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.
  
• Powering Agriculture
  • A Powering Agriculture Guide on Financing Types for Innovators (2018).
    
  • Navigating the Complexities of End-User Financing with Futurepump: An Innovator Case Study (2020)
    

Access to Financing for Early-Stage Innovators in the Clean Energy-Agriculture Nexus (2020)