Despite the numerous challenges in setting up cold chain outlets in the country, private firms are taking the plunge.
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It’s essential to acknowledge that news production incurs expenses, and we take pride in never placing our stories behind a prohibitive paywall.“In Nigeria, a significant portion of FFV wastage is due to poor handling and a lack of CCI for post-harvest transport and storage. “To combat post-harvest loss, there is a need for comprehensive strategies that encompass better infrastructure, technology adoption, and education for farmers on effective post-harvest handling practices,” he said.
The company has entered into a partnership with Heifer International, an Arkansas-based global non-profit, to deploy cold rooms of different capacities across Nigeria.58 outlets in 28 states, signed up 9,777 customers, saved 3.7 million kg of food, boosted customers by 60 per cent, created over 100 jobs for women, trained 3,406 farmers on post-harvest management and saved 3.9 million kg of CO2.
A passer-by walks past the left flank of ColdHubs 100-tonne capacity cold storage facility at Farin Gada Market, Jos. Among other solutions it offers are Ecotutu Freshbox, a product designed for fresh food vendors to preserve and transport perishable goods on motorbikes in an optimal condition, and Ecotutu Cooler Bags, which maintains the temperature of produce and targets personal and small-scale commercial use.
Vendease uses refrigerated vans to help farmers access markets by connecting them to buyers in major cities, thereby reducing post-harvest losses. It has added services like pay-on-delivery and buy-now-pay-later to its offerings. Sadiq Hamman, the programme officer for nutrition-sensitive agriculture at Sasakawa, said farmers are trying to understand the technology, and the company has been training them to put the initiative into practice.
The vegetable tent dryer is solar-powered and extracts moisture from vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers, helping prolong their shelf life. “It is not solving the problems of the citizens; that is why we felt maybe we have been working in silos,” he added. Other post-harvest solutions developed by the institute are NSPRI dust plant , fruit dryers, hybrid dryers , ice fish box , fish smoking kiln and experimental silos .
Environmentalist Priscilla Achakpa, the founder of the Women Environmental Programme in Nigeria, helped introduce the solar dryer tent as a climate change adaptation technology to the Adogo community in Mbaya District, Buruku Local Government Area, Benue State, in 2017 after attending a meeting of Sustainable Futures in Africa in Glasgow. SFA is an interdisciplinary collective of researchers, practitioners and communities working on socio-ecological sustainability in Africa.
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