Enabling Food Storage in Displacement Camps, Using Solar Powered Cold Chain
ColdHubs addresses the problem of food-waste in remote areas of Nigeria. As a result of lack of reliable cold storage, the absence of suitable on-farm and in-market cold storage and unreliable electricity supply at key points within the food supply chain, food often goes to waste as it spoils.
ColdHubs tackles the inadequacy of cooling systems for the storage of perishable food in farms and marketplaces by providing solar-powered walk-in cold rooms and ice block makers, within the reach of farmers, food supply chain actors, and other users providing much needed post-harvest infrastructure, which improves returns to producers and increases the net availability of high-quality food commodities for consumption. In developing countries, 45% of food spoils are mainly due to lack of cold storage and 470 million small farmers lose 25% of their annual income. ColdHubs will bring their innovative solution to provide adequate food-storage for people in displacement camps in Nigeria.
