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How to Scale Cold Storage Solutions for Smallholder Farmers in Sub Saharan Africa

Barriers that smallholder farmers face in accessing cold storage facilities. Although access to cold storage provides smallholder farmers and agri-businesses with a competitive advantage in segregated markets, affordability and accessibility stand as key barriers to the uptake of large-scale, on-farm cooling technologies. However, Cooling-as-a-service (CaaS) alongside financing would be the most feasible way for them to gain access to such…

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Dec 10, 2022

Food Loss and Food Waste

Globally, 14 percent of food valued at an estimated USD400 billion is lost from harvest up to, but not including retail (FAO, 2019). Seventeen percent more is wasted at the retail and consumer levels (UNEP 2021). Actively preventing and reducing food loss and waste. Food loss and waste (FLW) currently…

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Food Loss and Food Waste
Food Loss and Food Waste

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Dec 2, 2022

Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger

We need to fundamentally transform our food systems to provide all humanity with affordable, nutritious, and healthy food within the limits of nature by 2030, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. …

Food Security

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Food Security

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Sep 27, 2022

Why is soil health important for food production?

With approximately 95% of our food estimated to be produced in or on soils (1), the soils beneath our feet play a huge role within our food system. …

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Why is soil health important for food production?
Why is soil health important for food production?

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Sep 20, 2022

Climate-smart agriculture: Lessons from Kenya, for the World

The world’s climate is changing, and is projected to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The impact of climate change will be particularly felt in agriculture, as rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and increased pests and diseases pose new and bigger risks to the global food system. …

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Climate-smart agriculture: Lessons from Kenya, for the World
Climate-smart agriculture: Lessons from Kenya, for the World

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