Climate Change

Renewable energy for agrifood chains – Investing in solar energy in Rwanda

Introduction FAO, through the Energy Smart Food programme, has been spearheading efforts to support Rwanda in building evidence-based policies and deploying renewable energy technologies in the agrifood sector.
Country Rwanda
Start date 01/05/2021
Status Completed
Objective / Goal Explore solar energy opportunities within Rwanda's agrifood chains (dairy, cereals, horticulture, coffee, tea, sugar).
Partners
  • World Bank
  • FAO Investment Centre
  • FAO ESAS (OCB)
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This report presents a structured approach to identify and estimate the market size of specific renewable energy technologies that have the potential to be deployed across specific stages of the agri-food chains. More specifically, the methodology first analyses the countries’ value chains and aggregates them into similar agri-food groups when...