(East Africa) (3 minutes read)
Many do not have access to adequate cold storage facilities in Kenya, which means large quantities of produce perish in outside temperatures, pushing them to sell their produce quickly and exposing them to exploitation from unreliable brokers
Many do not have access to adequate cold storage facilities in Kenya, which means large quantities of produce perish in outside temperatures, pushing them to sell their produce quickly and exposing them to exploitation by unreliable brokers.
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But a Kenyan enterprise called SokoFresh that offers rural farmers solar-powered, mobile cold storage facilities, which is becoming popular among rural farmers, will reduce post-harvest losses of fresh produce. Farmers and fresh produce buyers can rent the storage space from SokoFresh for $0.0015 per kilogram of produce.
SokoFresh also buys produce from farmers and connects them directly with large-scale buyers. According to SokoFresh (a Swahili name meaning Market Fresh) about 30%-40% of what rural farmers harvest ends up not getting to the markets because of poor handling and lack of infrastructure in the villages.
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Kenya is one of the leading countries in Africa when it comes to renewable energy, especially solar power. The country is located near the equator, with an average of five to seven hours of sunlight per day. About a third of all food produced is lost after harvest, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). These losses include a reduction in the quantity and quality of agricultural produce that occurs at all stages of the supply chain.
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SokoFresh was established in 2019 and has served about 12,000 farmers, with 40% being women in rural areas. The enterprise was set up in partnership with Enviu, EcoZen One Acre Fund, the World Food Programme, and financing from the Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa). It has also extended its services to fish farmers.
