Launched in 2021, Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant or Your VCCA is a collaboration between the BASE Foundation and Empa (the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology).
3427
cooling users reached across 3 countries
61.8%
reduction of post-harvest losses for farmers
using cold rooms supported by Your VCCA
43.7%
increase in the revenues received by cooling
users from selling the stored food
WHERE WE WORK
Your VCCA collaborates with cold storage manufacturers and providers, farmer-producer organisations, and women’s self-help groups situated in low and middle-income countries. Presently, we are actively engaged in India, Nigeria, and Guinea-Bissau. Within each of these countries, we have tailored our solutions to address the unique requirements of the local environment.
Delve deeper into our initiatives and pilot projects within each of these countries to understand the specifics of our approach.
Delve deeper into our initiatives and pilot projects within each of these countries to understand the specifics of our approach.
Step-by-Step Guide to
Adopting Your VCCA
Your VCCA offers freely accessible learning material to support cooling companies and users in adopting the Cooling-as-a-Service business model and the Coldtivate app. These resources encompass a gender-sensitive manual to educate cold room operators on managing multi-commodity cold storage facilities, awareness-raising materials for farmers highlighting the advantages of post-harvest cooling, and detailed instructions on how to digitalise operations at cold rooms using the free-to-use Coldtivate app.
Join our Community
of Practice
Are you a cooling company working in the agricultural sector? You've found your home.
Your VCCA hosts knowledge and matchmaking sessions on unlocking investments in the agricultural cooling landscape, post-harvest management best practices, mainstreaming gender considerations in your company's operations, and more! Connect with donors, investors, scientists, engineers, and other industry players.
Your VCCA hosts knowledge and matchmaking sessions on unlocking investments in the agricultural cooling landscape, post-harvest management best practices, mainstreaming gender considerations in your company's operations, and more! Connect with donors, investors, scientists, engineers, and other industry players.
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