Updated Nov 19, 2019
Feed the future innovation lab for horticulture
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 ...
SEE ALLStage 5: Scaling
Focus Areas:
Post Harvest, Nutrition and Food Safety and Standards
Implemented In:
Guinea, Zambia, Thailand and 5 MoreSEE ALL
8
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 withDryCard, Zero Energy Cool Chamber, Plastic crates for transport of produce and 1 more SEE ALL
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
ORGANIZATIONSU.S. Agency for International Development, University of California, DavisU.S. Agency for International Development, University of California, Davis
as part of
Bureau of Food Security, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Feed the FutureBureau of Food Security, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Feed the FutureDate 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
ORGANIZATIONSU.S. Agency for International Development, University of California, DavisU.S. Agency for International Development, University of California, Davis
as part of
Bureau of Food Security, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Feed the FutureBureau of Food Security, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Feed the FutureDate Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Cambodia
Date Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Thailand
Date Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Zambia
Date Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Guinea
