Updated Nov 19, 2019

CoolBot cold room

Part of University of California, Davis

https://horticulture.ucdavis.edu/coolbot

Feed the future innovation lab for horticulture

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Low-cost cold room for fruit and vegetable cool chain storage

Temperature management is the key tool for reducing postharvest losses in the developing world. Very few smallholder farmers have access to cooling or cool storage facilities, and refrigerated transportation is a rarity. The coolbot__ is an innovative cooling device system, which uses an intelligent thermostat system to control a standard room air conditioner to create a small-scale cooler out ...
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Temperature management is the key tool for reducing postharvest losses in the developing world. Very few smallholder farmers have access to cooling or cool storage facilities, and refrigerated transportation is a rarity. The coolbot__ is an innovative cooling device system, which uses an intelligent thermostat system to control a standard room air conditioner to create a small-scale cooler out of a well-insulated room.
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Stage 5: Scaling

Focus Areas:

Post Harvest, Nutrition and Food Safety and Standards

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Implemented In:

Guinea, Zambia, Thailand and 5 MoreSEE ALL

Guinea, Zambia, Thailand, Honduras, Kenya, Rwanda, Bangladesh and CambodiaSEE LESS

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Countries Implemented In
500
Customers
Verified Funding
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Problem

Postharvest losses can be immense, particularly during periods of glut

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Solution

CoolBot cold room is a relatively low-cost cooling unit for storing harvested fruits and vegetables

Target Beneficiaries

Smallholder farmers

Competitive Advantage

Lower cost compared to other industrial cool rooms, easier to repair as well.

Milestone

Date Unknown
Funds RaisedVERIFIED
$1,500,000 withMaturity Index, Plastic crates for transport of produce, Zero Energy Cool Chamber and 1 more SEE ALLMaturity Index, Plastic crates for transport of produce, Zero Energy Cool Chamber and DryCard SEE LESS
TITLEReducing postharvest losses in Rwanda
TYPEGrant
FOCUS AREAS
Food Safety and Standards and Post Harvest
Implemented InGuinea, Guatemala, Ghana and 9 more SEE ALLGuinea, Guatemala, Ghana, Cambodia, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Mexico, Kenya, Honduras, Zambia and Thailand SEE LESS
ORGANIZATIONSUniversity of California, Davis, U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentUniversity of California, Davis, U.S. Agency for International Development 
as part of
 Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Feed the Future, Bureau of Food SecurityFeed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Feed the Future, Bureau of Food Security
Date Unknown
Funds RaisedVERIFIED
$1,000,000
TITLEExamining nutrition impacts of horticultural innovations in Bangladesh
TYPEGrant
FOCUS AREAS
Post Harvest
Implemented InGuinea, Cambodia, Bangladesh and 5 more SEE ALLGuinea, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Kenya, Honduras, Zambia and Thailand SEE LESS
ORGANIZATIONSUniversity of California, Davis, U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentUniversity of California, Davis, U.S. Agency for International Development 
as part of
 Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Feed the Future, Bureau of Food SecurityFeed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Feed the Future, Bureau of Food Security
Date Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Cambodia
EXPAND
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New Country Implemented In
Thailand
Date Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Zambia
Date Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Guinea
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