20 April 2021. Power for All, The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA), The Malabo Montpellier Panel, and The Rockefeller Foundation hosted a virtual discussion on the most innovative approaches to unlock the potential of Renewable Energy to transform Food Systems in Africa and Asia.
Renewable energy has the potential to transform food systems in Africa and developing Asia, build a more climate-resilient future for smallholder farmers, and drive economic growth. Not just using solar irrigation, which has already seen significant momentum in the past 5 years, but for agro-processing, cold storage and much more. According to the IFC, however, affordability is the main barrier preventing smallholder farmers from adopting these solutions at scale. Numerous other barriers exist. Unlocking the potential requires business models and systems approaches that can take advantage of digitalization, innovative financing and “servitization”, which democratizes access and aggregates demand.
Resource:
Malabo Montpellier Panel (2019) Energized: Policy innovations to power the transformation of Africa’s agriculture and food system 76 pp.
Energy is a key input in the food system and the basis for rural development. This report – Energized: Policy innovations to power the transformation of Africa’s agriculture and food system – provides an overall picture of the state of play for energy in African agriculture, presents a framework for policy innovation and design, and focuses on what six African countries — Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia — have done successfully in terms of institutional and policy innovation for energy expansion in support of agriculture and rural communities.
- Malabo Montpellier Panel (2019) Energized: Country Case Study Summary Table 2 pp Energy is a key input in the food system and the basis for rural development. This report – Energized: Policy innovations to power the transformation of Africa’s agriculture and food system – provides an overall picture of the state of play for energy in African agriculture, presents a framework for policy innovation and design, and focuses on what six African countries — Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia — have done successfully in terms of institutional and policy innovation for energy expansion in support of agriculture and rural communities. The summary table presents institutional, policy and programmatic innovations and implementation modalities of the country case studies.
- Malabo Montpellier Panel (2019) Energized: Case Studies on Policy innovation to power the transformation of Africa’s agriculture and food system
- Energized: Country Case Study Summary Table 2 pp
- Malabo Montpellier Panel (2019) Energized: Zambia Case Study 6 pp
Employing a cluster-based approach and offering fiscal incentives to diversify and strengthen supply are notable components of Zambia’s energy strategy, with reduced import duties, smart subsidies, low-interest loans and waivers helping make agricultural power supplies more affordable. - Malabo Montpellier Panel (2019) Energized: South Africa Case Study 5 pp
South Africa has made significant progress in improving access and use of energy to foster economic growth. From 1992 to 2013, the increase of the electricity expansion indicator is estimated at 11.23 thereby being above the average of 8 for Africa as a whole, and the agricultural value added per worker growth rate averaged 5.08 percent annually. - Malabo Montpellier Panel (2019) Energized: Senegal Case Study 4 pp
Since liberalizing its energy sector to incentivize independent power producers (IPPs), Senegal has achieved its electrification targets and shifted its priorities towards expanding electricity access to 60 per cent of rural areas by 2022. - Malabo Montpellier Panel (2019) Energized: Morocco Case Study 6 pp
The Kingdom of Morocco succeeded in creating a private sector market to increase the use of renewables and achieve greater energy efficiency was central to Morocco’s policy design and implementation, with fiscal incentives introduced to encourage wide-scale adoption of renewable energies. - Malabo Montpellier Panel (2019) Energized: Ghana Case Study 6 pp
The government of Ghana has been ambitious in developing policies and regulations to promote policies and regulations relating to the sustainable, efficient use of energy. With a strong emphasis on facilitating private sector engagement through regulation, as well as expanding local research and technical capabilities, Ghana’s universal energy access interventions placed particular focus on rural areas and the agricultural processing sector. - Malabo Montpellier Panel (2019) Energized: Ethiopia Case Study 6 pp The government of Ethiopia has been ambitious in developing policies and regulations to promote policies and regulations relating to the sustainable, efficient use of energy. Ethiopia has placed electrification at the core of its transformation strategy, electricity access in Ethiopia doubled between 2010 and 2016, largely through an expansion in electricity generation from renewables.
No comments:
Post a Comment