The power of data to drive
resilient agriculture in nigeria.
of Nigeria’s
rural population
are farmers.
of Nigeria’s agriculture
workforce is constituted
by women.
of Nigeria’s farmers
are smallholders with
<2 hectares of land.
40% percent of Nigeria’s produce is lost and wasted due to lack of proper refrigeration and other supply chain bottlenecks. Besides the negative impact on farmer’s income caused by this food loss, farmers also suffer income loss by being forced to sell their produce at low prices at the wrong time due to lack of access to market information.
of Nigeria's produce
is lost and wasted
billion worth of produce
wasted annually
million tons of produce
wasted annually
of smallholders farmers' annual
income is lost due to food spoiled
from lack of cold storage
BASE (the Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy) and Empa (the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) have developed Coldtivate, a free-to-use, data science-driven mobile application to enable smallholders to optimise their decisions on produce management and to gain access to sustainable cooling.
Access
to cooling
Servitisation business model with digitised inventory to access cooling.
- Farmers just pay for the service of keeping produce cool.
- Service providers own, maintain and operate the cooling facilities.
Access
to data
Real-time instructions to guide farmers on:
- How to optimise storage of products to minimise food loss.
- When and were to sell their produce to maximise market value.
Benefit 200 - 500
smallholder farmers
Increase of yearly
income by 15%
Decrease of food
loss by 20%
Decrease of GHG
emissions by 50%
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