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Solar solutions for African smallholder farmers

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Combination

Agriculture/fishery

Energy

Call 7

Zambia

Time consumed

Start: 01-Jul-18 End: 30-Jun-21

Lead Nordic partner

Solar Village AS

Country of Lead Nordic partner

Norway

Local partner(s)

Alliance Ginneries Ltd, Conservation Farming Unit

NCF grant size

500,000

Total project cost

1,270,094

Technologies

Solar photovoltaic systems

Methods

Pay-as-you-go models

Country of implementation:

Zambia

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Description

The project will empower 9000 rural Zambian smallholder cotton farmer families by enabling them to buy climate resilient, energy saving and productivity enhancing agricultural and solar technologies using a micro-finance mechanism.

The project seeks to demonstrate the commercial viability of a business model bringing together Solar Village, a Norwegian manufacturer and distributor of solar solutions for African smallholder farmers, Alliance Ginneries, a cotton company working...

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Objective

• 9000 solar powered Battery Sticks, 4000 solar powered agricultural sprayers, and 2250 energy efficient cookstoves sold sold to farmers with micro-financing mechanism
• 500 rural Solar Village sales agents recruited and trained earning EUR 70,000 additional income
• 4000 farmers trained in climate smart agriculture and resilient farming practices
• 7800 tonnes of CO2e saved

Results

• 2960 Battery Sticks, 327 solar-powered agricultural sprayers, and 79 energy-efficient cookstoves sold to farmers with micro-financing mechanism
• 171 rural Solar Village sales agents recruited and trained earning EUR 23,276 additional income
• 7848 farmers trained in climate smart agriculture and resilient farming practices
• 2276 tonnes of CO₂e saved