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Sustainable Energy for Food

• Climate-Smart Agriculture 101
  
• Introducing the Energy-Agriculture Nexus
  
• Energy Inputs in Agriculture
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
  
• Energy for Agriculture
  
• Energy Needs in Smallholder Agriculture
  
• Climate Smarte Agriculture
  
• Renewable Energy Resources in Powering Agriculture
  
• Energy for Processing Food
  
• E-Learning: Free Online edX Course "Sustainable Development: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus"
  
• SDGAcademyX-Free online courses from SDG Academy
  
• Nexus Case Studies
  
• Massive Open Online Course: Powering Agriculture
  

Application

Pumping and Irrigation

• Irrigation Types
  
• Drip Irrigation
  
• Surface Irrigation
  
• Sprinkler Irrigation
  
• Battery Based System Pump
  
• Basics and SWOT Analysis of SPIS
  
• Solar Powered Water Pump
  
• Water Powered Water Pumps
  
• Sustainable Groundwater Extraction
  
• Solar Powered Pumps for Improved Irrigation
  
• A Hydroponic Green Farming Initiative
  
• Low-Cost Pay-Per-Use Irrigation using Solar Trolley Systems
  
• Affordable, High-Performance Solar Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers
  
• PV-Integrated Drip Irrigation and Fertigation Systems
  
• Scaling the Distribution of Tailored Agro-Solar Irrigation Kits to Smallholder Farmers
  
• Renewable Microgrids for Off-Grid Fish Hatcheries and Surrounding Communities
  
• Sunflower Pump: Asset-Financed Solar Irrigation Pumps for Smallholder Farmers
  
• Micro-Solar Utilities for Small-Scale Irrigation
  
• Solar Powered Irrigation Systems in Egypt
  
• SPIS Toolbox
  
• Solar-powered irrigation systems – Technology, Economy, Impacts
  

Cooling

• Evaporative Cooling Devices
  
• Green Cooling
  
• Biogas Milk Chilling to Increase Productivity and Incomes of Dairy Farmers
  
• SunDanzer: Solar Powered Refrigeration for Kenyan Dairy Farms
  
• Reducing Milk Spoilage through Solar-Powered Chilling
  
• SunChill Solar Cooling for Horticultural Preservation
  
• Solar Milk Cooling with Insulated Milk Cans
  

Drying

• Solar Drying
  
• Biogas Powered Infrared Coffee Dryer
  
• Modern Solar Drying in Afghanistan
  
• Drying Oregano with Solar Dryers in Peru
  
• Drying Chili Peppers with Solar Dryers in Peru
  

Other Types of Food Processing

• Field Evaluation of a Passive Aeration System for Aquaculture
  
• Agro-Processing Power Stations
  
• Solar-Powered Oil Press for Sesame Seed
  
• Tomato Processing by Solar Energy
  

Energy Efficiency

• Energy Efficiency Introduction
  
• Energy Efficiency in Powering Agriculture
  
• Cogeneration
  
• Energy Efficiency Potentials in the Kenyan Tea Sector
  
• Energy Auditing
  

Energy Source-Solar Power

Introduction

• Solar Energy
  
• Global Solar Atlas
  
• Photovoltaic (PV)
  
• Solar Thermal Technologies
  

Solar Powered Irrigation

• Micro-Solar Utilities for Small-Scale Irrigation
• Solar Powered Pumps for Improved Irrigation
  
• Hydroponic Green Farming Initiative
  
• Low-Cost Pay-Per-Use Irrigation Using Solar Trolley Systems
  
• Affordable, High-Performance Solar Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers
  
• PV-Integrated Drip Irrigation and Fertigation Systems
  
• Scaling the Distribution of Tailored Agro-Solar Irrigation Kits to Smallholder Farmers
  
• Sunflower Pump: Asset-Financed Solar Irrigation Pumps for Smallholder Farmers
  
• Micro-Solar Utilities for Small-Scale Irrigation
  
• Solar Powered Irrigation Systems in Egypt
  
• SPIS Toolbox
  
• Solar-powered irrigation systems – Technology, Economy, Impacts
  
• Photovoltaic|(PV) Pumping Systems for Irrigation
  

Solar Powered Cooling

• SunDanzer: Solar Powered Refrigeration for Kenyan Dairy Farms
  
• Reducing Milk Spoilage through Solar-Powered Chilling
  
• SunChill Solar Cooling for Horticultural Preservation
  
• Solar Milk Cooling with Insulated Milk Cans
  

Solar Powered Drying

• Solar Drying
  
• Biogas Powered Infrared Coffee Dryer
  
• Modern Solar Drying in Afghanistan
  
• Drying Oregano with Solar Dryers in Peru
  
• Drying Chili Peppers with Solar Dryers in Peru
  

Other Solar Powered Applications

• Renewable Microgrids for Off-Grid Fish Hatcheries and Surrounding Communities
  
• Solar Agro-Processing Power Stations
  
• Private Sector Financed Community Solar Microgrids and Agricultural Accelerators
  
• Field Evaluation of a Passive Aeration System for Aquaculture
  
• Smart Grid on Main Street: Electricity and Value-added Processing for Agricultural Goods
  
• Biomass and Solar PV Hybrid Minigrids for Off-Grid Farming Communities
  

Energy Source-Biomass/Biogas

• Biogas in Powering Agriculture
  
• Bioenergy Resources and Technologies
  
• Biomass and Solar PV Hybrid Minigrids for Off-Grid Farming Communities
  
• Building Markets for Efficient Biomass Power Provision
  
• Biomass-Powered Thermal Processing of Ethiopian Bamboo
  
• Biogas Milk Chilling for Dairy Farmers
  
• Biogas-Powered Evaporative Cooling for the Dairy Industry
  
• Biomass Potential in the Indonesian Agroindustry
  
• Biogas Technology in Vietnam
  
• Biogas for the Small Holdings in Kerala, India
  

Energy Source-Wind and Hydro Power

Hydropower

• Hydropower in Powering Agriculture
  
• Barsha Pump – Aqysta Holding BV – A Water Powered Water Pump
  

Wind Power

• Wind Energy in Powering Agriculture
  
• Small Wind Energy Devices Can Provide Lowest Energy Prices
  

Financing and Business Models

• Agri-Food Enterprises in the Energy-Food Nexus
  
• Business Plan for Solar Processing of Tomatoes
  
• Small Scale Oil Seeds Processing
  
• Techno-Economic Analysis in the Agricultural Value Chain
  
• Comparative Financial Analysis of Irrigation Solutions
  

Policies and Regulations

• Policies and Regulations for the Energy-Agriculture Nexus
  
• Comparison of various Policy Tools for Promoting Renewable Energies
  
• Bioenergy Decision Support Tool
  

Value Chain

Dairy

• Food Safety Laboratory and Milk Quality Improvement Program (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University)
  
• Clean Energy Solutions for Milk Cooling in India and Kenya
  
• Biogas Milk Chilling for Dairy Farmers
  
• Biogas-Powered Evaporative Cooling for the Dairy Industry
  
• SunDanzer: Solar Powered Refrigeration for Kenyan Dairy Farms
  
• Reducing Milk Spoilage through Solar-Powered Chilling
  
• Solar Milk Cooling with Insulated Milk Cans
  

Rice

• Ricepedia
  
• IRRI Axial Flow Thresher
  
• RiceHub
  
• Solar Agro-Processing Power Stations
  
• Biomass and Solar PV Hybrid Minigrids for Off-Grid Farming Communities
  
• Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in the Philippines’ Rice Value Chain
  

Fruit & Vegetables

• Waste Stitching – Circular Economy
  
• SunChill Solar Cooling for Horticultural Preservation
  
• Tomato Processing by Solar Energy
  
• Water and Food Security – FAO

Water Use in Agriculture

• FAO Water– The Importance of Sustainable Water Management
  
• Water in Agriculture World Bank
  
• Do Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) Contribute to the Overexploitation of Groundwater Reserves
  
• SPIS Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems
  
• SPIS|Toolbox – Understanding Groundwater
  
• SPIS Safeguard Water Module
  
• SPIS Toolbox -Understand Water Resources
  
• SPIS Toolbox -Assess Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts
  
• SPIS Toolbox - Irrigation Efficiency Tips
  

Gender

• Gender Toolbox