Capturing the productive use dividend: Valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia
This report examines six agricultural production and processing opportunities for rural areas: horticulture irrigation, grain milling, injera baking, milk cooling, bread baking, and coffee washing. Collectively, these areas have the potential to produce US$4 billion in annual value using electric ap...
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| author | Borgstein, Edward Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Wade, Kester Anchala, Chimdo Elisha, Francis Eshetu, Yiheyis Ernst, Kendall Santana, Scarlett Teshome, Kebede |
| author_browse | Anchala, Chimdo Borgstein, Edward Elisha, Francis Ernst, Kendall Eshetu, Yiheyis Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Santana, Scarlett Teshome, Kebede Wade, Kester |
| author_facet | Borgstein, Edward Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Wade, Kester Anchala, Chimdo Elisha, Francis Eshetu, Yiheyis Ernst, Kendall Santana, Scarlett Teshome, Kebede |
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| description | This report examines six agricultural production and processing opportunities for rural areas: horticulture irrigation, grain milling, injera baking, milk cooling, bread baking, and coffee washing. Collectively, these areas have the potential to produce US$4 billion in annual value using electric appliances by 2025. Supplying the appliances is itself a US$380 million investment opportunity. These six areas can also produce an additional US$22 million annual revenue stream for the utility by 2025, as the utility can sell more units of power with the same capital investment in rural areas. This revenue would help reduce the cost of providing power from both grid extension and minigrids. Realizing the economic and livelihood benefits of productive uses requires concerted national efforts linking agriculture and electrification. A national productive use program should address barriers and channel funding to the highest-need areas, helping to scale uptake rapidly. Immediate next steps are to study demand more closely, pilot several projects, and convene actors from different sectors to build a national vision and strategy |
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| spelling | CGSpace1436232024-10-25T08:06:11Z Capturing the productive use dividend: Valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia Borgstein, Edward Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Wade, Kester Anchala, Chimdo Elisha, Francis Eshetu, Yiheyis Ernst, Kendall Santana, Scarlett Teshome, Kebede agricultural production breadmaking technology electrification water pumping agriculture horticulture smallholders irrigation milk coolers rural areas milling energy This report examines six agricultural production and processing opportunities for rural areas: horticulture irrigation, grain milling, injera baking, milk cooling, bread baking, and coffee washing. Collectively, these areas have the potential to produce US$4 billion in annual value using electric appliances by 2025. Supplying the appliances is itself a US$380 million investment opportunity. These six areas can also produce an additional US$22 million annual revenue stream for the utility by 2025, as the utility can sell more units of power with the same capital investment in rural areas. This revenue would help reduce the cost of providing power from both grid extension and minigrids. Realizing the economic and livelihood benefits of productive uses requires concerted national efforts linking agriculture and electrification. A national productive use program should address barriers and channel funding to the highest-need areas, helping to scale uptake rapidly. Immediate next steps are to study demand more closely, pilot several projects, and convene actors from different sectors to build a national vision and strategy 2020-05-01 2024-05-22T12:15:38Z 2024-05-22T12:15:38Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143623 en Open Access Rocky Mountain Institute Borgstein, Edward; Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; and Wade, Kester. 2020. Capturing the productive use dividend: Valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia. Insight Brief April 2020. https://rmi.org/insight/ethiopia-productive-use/ |
| spellingShingle | agricultural production breadmaking technology electrification water pumping agriculture horticulture smallholders irrigation milk coolers rural areas milling energy Borgstein, Edward Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Wade, Kester Anchala, Chimdo Elisha, Francis Eshetu, Yiheyis Ernst, Kendall Santana, Scarlett Teshome, Kebede Capturing the productive use dividend: Valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia |
| title | Capturing the productive use dividend: Valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Capturing the productive use dividend: Valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Capturing the productive use dividend: Valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Capturing the productive use dividend: Valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Capturing the productive use dividend: Valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | capturing the productive use dividend valuing the synergies between rural electrification and smallholder agriculture in ethiopia |
| topic | agricultural production breadmaking technology electrification water pumping agriculture horticulture smallholders irrigation milk coolers rural areas milling energy |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143623 |
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