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|PAP Title=Partnership between the WE4F East Africa Regional Innovation Hub and Turkana Basin Institute
|PAP Region Africa=Sub-Saharan Africa
|PAP Country Africa=Kenya
|PAP Organisation=Water and Energy for Food (WE4F), Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) 
|PAP Description=The partnership between the Water and Energy for Food (WE4F)’s East Africa Regional Innovation Hub (East Africa RIH) and the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI)  was established to improve the access to water and energy in the north of Kenya, and to promote local entrepreneurship of hydroponic vegetable farmers.

The partnership includes the set-up of a solar powered reverse osmosis (RO) and hydroponics system. Both TBI and WE4F  seek to gain experience on the feasibility, efficacy and economic viability of this innovative technology for the purification of water, especially in an arid region that is extremely resource poor. At the same time, the organizations assess the role of hydroponics to produce nutritious food and promote the technology among young local entrepreneurs. This water efficient way of farming is expected to be well suited for the application in the dry region of Ileret.
|PAT Technology Application Solar=Solar
|PAT Technology Application Energy Efficiency=Energy Efficiency
|PAT Commodity Fruits Vegetables=Fruits and vegetables
|PAT Value Efficiency=Efficiency of Operation
|PAT Value Processing=Processing
|PAT Value Other=Hydroponic Agriculture, Water Purification, Solar Powered Reverse Osmosis (RO) 
|PAP Links=https://we4f.org/innovator-news/supporting-local-entrepreneurship-in-northern-kenya
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