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PoweringAg Project Database/Sub-Saharan Africa
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Affordable, High-Performance Solar Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers KickStart International (Kenya) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
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’ |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
Biogas Milk Chilling to Increase Productivity and Incomes of Dairy Farmers SimGas Tanzania, Ltd. (Tanzania) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania |
Biogas-Powered Evaporative Cooling for Uganda’s Dairy Industry University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Uganda |
Biomass Mini-Grids for Palm Oil Producing Communities Camco Clean Energy |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Benin, Tanzania |
Biomass and Solar PV Hybrid Minigrids for Off-Grid Farming Communities Husk Power Systems (India) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Ghana, Nigeria |
Biomass-Powered Thermal Processing of Ethiopian Bamboo African Bamboo |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Ethiopia |
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) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya ☑ South Asia - India |
Collaboration to Scale-Up High-Potential Innovations in Agribusiness in West Africa Water & Energy for Food (WE4F), ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa |
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“ |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria |
Do-It-Yourself – Solar Cooling Units University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’ |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Mali |
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 |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
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 |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Niger |
Improving Coffee Production and Quality Using Infrared Technology Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Network—Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Ethiopia |
Micro-Solar Utilities for Small-Scale Irrigation in Senegal The Earth Institute - Columbia University |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Senegal |
Partnership between the WE4F East Africa Regional Innovation Hub and Turkana Basin Institute Water and Energy for Food (WE4F), Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
Powering Agriculture with Renewable Energy Ariya Capital Group Limited (Kenya) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
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) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia |
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Solar Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers in Least Developed Regions of Tanzania GIZ, Energy 4 Impact |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Tanzania |
Solar powered Cold Room (SPCR) for Fruits and Vegetable in Nigeria Smallholders Foundation, GIZ Green Cooling Initiative, Institute of Air Handling and Refrigeration (ILK) |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria |
Solar-Powered Milk Cooling University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’ |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya ☑ Latin America & The Carribean - Colombia ☑ Middle East & North Africa - Tunisia |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Zambia ☑ Latin America & The Carribean - Honduras ☑ South Asia - Nepal |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
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Solar-Powered Sesame Oil Production in Burkina Faso University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’ |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Burkina Faso |
Strengthening post-harvest processes in Africa using improved solar drying University of Hohenheim funded by GIZ ‘Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture’ |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya ☑ East Asia & Pacific - Philippines |
SunChill: Solar Cooling for Horticultural Preservation Rebound Technology |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Mozambique |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Senegal |
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☑ Sub-Saharan Africa - Benin |
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