Updated Oct 31, 2019
Zero Energy Cool Chamber
Part of Agribusiness Associates, Inc
https://horticulture.ucdavis.edu/project/postharvest-losses-rwanda
Rashmi Ekka
Zero Energy Cool Chamber is a simple brick and sand structure can help cool fresh produce inexpensively in conditions where evaporative cooling is effective.
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 ...
SEE ALLStage 5: Scaling
Focus Areas:
Post Harvest
Implemented In:
Rwanda
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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
Competitive Advantage
Low cost compared to industrial cool rooms and made from locally sourced materials.
Milestone
Date Unknown
Funds RaisedVERIFIED
$1,500,000 withDryCard, Plastic crates for transport of produce, Maturity Index 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
New Country Implemented In
Rwanda
