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Zero Energy Cool Chamber
Part of Agribusiness Associates, Inc
Zero Energy Cool Chamber is a simple brick and sand structure can help cool fresh produce inexpensively in conditions where evaporative cooling is effective.
https://horticulture.ucdavis.edu/project/postharvest-losses-rwanda
Rashmi Ekka
Send MessageStage 5: Scaling
Focus Areas:
Post Harvest
Implemented In:
Rwanda
1
Country Implemented In
Verified Funding
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Problem
In many developing countries, the rate of postharvest loss for fruits and vegetables exceeds 50 percent. Cool storage can greatly reduce these losses, increasing income for farmers.
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Solution
ZECC cool chambers can reduce temperature by 10-15 C and maintain high humidity of about 95% that can increase shelf life and retain quality of horticultural produce. The ZECC is appropriate for on-farm storage as well as collection points.
Target Beneficiaries
Smallholder farmers
Innovation Description
This simple brick and sand structure can help cool fresh produce inexpensively in conditions where evaporative cooling is effective. It is a double brick-wall structure, structure, the cavity is filled with sand and walls of the chamber are soaked in water. Cool chambers can reduce temperature by 10-15 C and maintain high humidity of about 95% that can increase shelf life and retain quality of horticultural produce. The ZECC is appropriate for on-farm storage as well as collection points.
Competitive Advantage
Low cost compared to industrial cool rooms and made from locally sourced materials.
Milestones
Date Unknown
Funds RaisedVERIFIED
$1,500,000 with DryCard, Plastic crates for transport of produce, Maturity Index and 1 moreSEE ALL
TITLEReducing postharvest losses in Rwanda
TYPEGrant
FOCUS AREAS
Food Safety and Standards and Post Harvest
IMPLEMENTED INGuinea, Guatemala, Ghana and 9 moreSEE ALLGuinea, Guatemala, Ghana, Cambodia, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Mexico, Kenya, Honduras, Zambia, ThailandSEE LESS
ORGANIZATIONSU.S. Agency for International Development, University of California, DavisU.S. Agency for International Development, University of California, Davis
as part of
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Bureau of Food Security, Feed the FutureFeed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Bureau of Food Security, Feed the FutureDate Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Rwanda