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PoweringAg Project Database
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Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) Project Database
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Projects |
Source of Energy |
Value Chain Step |
Country / Region |
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Biomass Mini-Grids for Palm Oil Producing Communities Camco Clean Energy |
☑ Biomass |
☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Benin, Tanzania |
☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Benin |
|
Strengthening post-harvest processes in Africa using improved solar drying University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’ |
☑ Solar |
☑ Processing ☑ Controlled Atmosphere ☑ Controlled Temperature
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya ☑ East Asia & Pacific - Philippines |
Solar-Powered Sesame Oil Production in Burkina Faso University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’ |
☑ Solar |
☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Burkina Faso |
Improving Coffee Production and Quality Using Infrared Technology Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Network—Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) |
☑ Biogas |
☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Ethiopia |
Biomass-Powered Thermal Processing of Ethiopian Bamboo African Bamboo |
☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Ethiopia |
|
Biomass and Solar PV Hybrid Minigrids for Off-Grid Farming Communities Husk Power Systems (India) |
☑ Solar ☑ Biomass |
☑ Controlled Atmosphere ☑ Other: Decentralized Power
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Ghana, Nigeria |
Clean Energy Solutions in Dairy Value Chains: analyzing and sharing challenges and opportunities in India and Kenya - REEEP REEEP, Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) |
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya ☑ South Asia - India |
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☑ Solar |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
|
☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency ☑ Other: Solar-powered mill and cold storage |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing ☑ Transportation ☑ Preservation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
|
Do-It-Yourself – Solar Cooling Units University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’ |
☑ Solar |
☑ Controlled Temperature ☑ Preservation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Mali |
Analysis of the commercial viability of the Solar Milk Cooling (SMC) in Kenya University of Hohenheim supported by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’ |
☑ Solar |
☑ Controlled Temperature ☑ Preservation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
☑ Solar |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Other: Irrigation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
|
Affordable, High-Performance Solar Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers KickStart International (Kenya) |
☑ Solar |
☑ Mechanization ☑ Other: Irrigation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
Powering Agriculture with Renewable Energy Ariya Capital Group Limited (Kenya) |
☑ Solar ☑ Wind |
☑ Other: Decentralized Power
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
Biogas Milk Chilling to Increase Productivity and Incomes of Dairy Farmers SimGas Tanzania, Ltd. (Tanzania) |
☑ Biogas |
☑ Controlled Temperature
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania |
☑ Solar |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Other: Irrigation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia |
|
Solar-Powered Milk Cooling University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’ |
☑ Solar |
☑ Controlled Atmosphere ☑ Preservation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya ☑ Latin America & The Carribean - Colombia ☑ Middle East & North Africa - Tunisia |
Energy Efficiency in Kenyan Tea Factories & Energy Auditing in Tea and Dairy Industries Kenya Tea Development Authority KTDA, Ethical Tea Partnership ETP, Strathmore Energy Research Centre SERC |
☑ Energy Efficiency |
☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
Promotion of solar refrigeration for agricultural value-chains University of Hohenheim, GIZ - Powering Agriculture on behalf of BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) |
☑ Solar |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing ☑ Controlled Temperature ☑ Preservation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
Partnership between the WE4F East Africa Regional Innovation Hub and Turkana Basin Institute Water and Energy for Food (WE4F), Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) |
☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing ☑ Other: Hydroponic Agriculture, Water Purification, Solar Powered Reverse Osmosis (RO)
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
SunChill: Solar Cooling for Horticultural Preservation Rebound Technology |
☑ Solar |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Preservation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Mozambique |
Food Security and Women Empowerment Through Solar-Powered Irrigation in Niger Water and Energy for Food (WE4F), The National Coordination of Water Users (CNU) in Niger |
☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency ☑ Other: Hybrid |
☑ Other: Irrigation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Niger |
Solar powered Cold Room (SPCR) for Fruits and Vegetable in Nigeria Smallholders Foundation, GIZ Green Cooling Initiative, Institute of Air Handling and Refrigeration (ILK) |
☑ Solar |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Controlled Temperature
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria |
Commercial viability of “Solar-Powered Cold Rooms for Fruits and Vegetable Growers in Nigeria” The Smallholders Foundation / ColdHubs Limited (for-profit social venture founded by SHF), funded by GIZ „Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture“ |
☑ Solar |
☑ Controlled Temperature ☑ Preservation
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria |
☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Senegal |
|
Micro-Solar Utilities for Small-Scale Irrigation in Senegal The Earth Institute - Columbia University |
☑ Solar |
☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Senegal |
Solar Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers in Least Developed Regions of Tanzania GIZ, Energy 4 Impact |
☑ Solar ☑ Energy Efficiency |
☑ Efficiency of Operation ☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Tanzania |
Biogas-Powered Evaporative Cooling for Uganda’s Dairy Industry University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF) |
☑ Biogas |
☑ Controlled Temperature
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Uganda |
☑ Solar |
☑ Processing
|
☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Zambia ☑ Latin America & The Carribean - Honduras ☑ South Asia - Nepal |
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