Measuring Impact
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Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant aims to mitigate post-harvest loss in the horticultural value chain, a leading cause of widespread poverty among smallholder farmers. We collaborate with local cooling companies and farmers organisations under the Cooling-as-a-Service business model to make solar-powered cold storage facilities economically and geographically accessible.

PRESENCE

15pilots
6cooling partner
companies
21cold rooms
222 MTcold room
capacity

BENEFICIARIES

540cooling users benefitting,
of which 29.5% are women
2476indirect beneficiaries
3427informed farmers, of which
34% are women

STORAGE

 

652.7TONSof fruits and vegetables stored in cold rooms
13724crates checked in
Beans, Apple, Grapes, Carrot and Bell Pepperare among the top most crops stored in cold rooms using Coldtivate
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ENVIRONMENT

411TONSCo2e emissions avoided per year
372TONSfrom diesel generator removal
139TONSfrom avoided food loss

POST-HARVEST LOSS

-61.8%reduction in
postharvest loss
From  9.10%to 3.50%

FARMERS' REVENUE

+43,7%increase in earnings
from crop sales
From  $10.24to$14.73
Weekly follow-up surveys track revenue growth from a baseline.

FINANCE

$525000finance mobilised
Impact Data Methodology
Last Updated: 06/09/2024

HOW DATA DRIVES INVESTMENTS IN SUSTAINABLE COOLING SOLUTIONS

Cooling companies offering decentralised cold storage solutions often face difficulties in attracting investments due to the lack of reliable data showing the viability of their business. By digitalising cold room operations, they are now able to better showcase their business performance and credit worthiness. Similarly, smallholder farmers using cold storage can use their storage history to provide a track record of successful payments to unlock lending and microcredit opportunities.

COLDTIVATE IMPACT DASHBOARD

Coldtivate Impact Dashboard allows cooling companies to track and compare room performance, monitor the impact of their intervention, and showcase the viability of their business. It includes information about the evolution of post-harvest losses and farmers' revenue, based on user-data, and environmental metrics on the emissions saved. The data is exportable, and is also visible by cooling users in the Farmers' Dashboard. The development of this feature has been supported by the Climate Ledger Initiative and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
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Funders:
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Implementers:
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