Climate-Smart Agrifood Systems: Publications

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Sustainable Energy for Food

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2014). Co-optimizing Solutions: Water and Energy for Food, Feed and Fiber.
  
• IRENA (2015). Renewable Energy in the Water, Energy & Food Nexus
• Powering Agriculture (2015). Opportunities for Agri-Food Chains to become Energy-Smart.
• GIZ (2016). Sustainable Energy for Food - Massive Open Online Course - Reader.
  
• IRENA (2016). Renewable Energy Benefits - Decentralised Solutions in Agri Food-Chains.
  
• FAO (2016). How Access to Energy can Influence Food Losses: A Brief Overview
  
• FAO (2019).Climate-smart agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals: Mapping interlinkages, synergies and trade-offs and guidelines for integrated implementation.
• 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.
  
• FAO (2018). Costs and Benefits of Solar Irrigation Systems in Senegal
• 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
  

• GIZ (2020). Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) - Technology, Economy, Impacts
  

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:
  
  • Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in Tanzania’s Milk Value Chain
    
  • Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in Kenya's Milk Value Chain
  • Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in 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.
  

Geothermal

• Accelerating geothermal heat adoption in the agri-food sector: Key lessons and recommendations

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:
  
  • Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in Tanzania’s Milk Value Chain
    
  • Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in Kenya's Milk Value Chain
  • Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in 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.
  
• AND FABRICATION OF SOLAR PADDY THRESHING MACHINE FOR AGRICULTURE PURPOSE191502.pdf 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).
  
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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 (2018). Costs and Benefits of Solar Irrigation Systems in Senegal

• 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)