Cooling technologies and long-term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents: Panel data evidence from solar-powered cold-storage intervention in Nigeria

Modern cooling technologies, including cold storage, have been considered one of the critical tools to address increasingly complex challenges in agrifood systems in developing countries, including poverty, economic growth, food loss and waste, food and nutrition security, and environmental sustaina...

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Main Authors: Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Yamauchi, Futoshi, Dauda, Bawa, Balana, Bedru
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Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163560
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author Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Yamauchi, Futoshi
Dauda, Bawa
Balana, Bedru
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Dauda, Bawa
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Yamauchi, Futoshi
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Yamauchi, Futoshi
Dauda, Bawa
Balana, Bedru
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description Modern cooling technologies, including cold storage, have been considered one of the critical tools to address increasingly complex challenges in agrifood systems in developing countries, including poverty, economic growth, food loss and waste, food and nutrition security, and environmental sustainability (e.g., IFPRI 2020; Kashyap & Agarwal 2020). Cold storage can minimize most human pathogens, ensuring enhanced food safety (Uçar & Özçelik 2013; Kopp & Mishra 2022) and contribute to increased consumption of micronutrient-rich horticulture crops (Schreinemachers et al. 2018). Cooling technologies can also improve market functions by enabling higher and more stable prices received by suppliers (Rakshit 2011; Schreinemachers et al. 2018) and reducing losses (Allen & de Brauw 2018). Cooling-chain development has been a significant part of food system transformation outside Africa South of the Sahara (SSA) (IFPRI 2020). Similar technologies may become more broadly relevant in SSA in the near future (Tschirley et al. 2015). Traditionally, the use of cold storage has been constrained by high energy consumption and adverse environmental effects like carbon emissions (Pueyo et al. 2020; Steyn et al. 2016). However, a growing set of potential energy solutions are being proposed and introduced on a pilot basis, including solar power (Takeshima et al. 2023).
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spelling CGSpace1635602025-11-06T07:40:51Z Cooling technologies and long-term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents: Panel data evidence from solar-powered cold-storage intervention in Nigeria Takeshima, Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Futoshi Dauda, Bawa Balana, Bedru agrifood systems agricultural technology capacity development cold storage cooling horticulture Modern cooling technologies, including cold storage, have been considered one of the critical tools to address increasingly complex challenges in agrifood systems in developing countries, including poverty, economic growth, food loss and waste, food and nutrition security, and environmental sustainability (e.g., IFPRI 2020; Kashyap & Agarwal 2020). Cold storage can minimize most human pathogens, ensuring enhanced food safety (Uçar & Özçelik 2013; Kopp & Mishra 2022) and contribute to increased consumption of micronutrient-rich horticulture crops (Schreinemachers et al. 2018). Cooling technologies can also improve market functions by enabling higher and more stable prices received by suppliers (Rakshit 2011; Schreinemachers et al. 2018) and reducing losses (Allen & de Brauw 2018). Cooling-chain development has been a significant part of food system transformation outside Africa South of the Sahara (SSA) (IFPRI 2020). Similar technologies may become more broadly relevant in SSA in the near future (Tschirley et al. 2015). Traditionally, the use of cold storage has been constrained by high energy consumption and adverse environmental effects like carbon emissions (Pueyo et al. 2020; Steyn et al. 2016). However, a growing set of potential energy solutions are being proposed and introduced on a pilot basis, including solar power (Takeshima et al. 2023). 2024-11 2024-12-16T17:06:40Z 2024-12-16T17:06:40Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163560 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Yamauchi, Futoshi; Dauda, Bawa; and Balana, Bedru. 2024. Cooling technologies and long-term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents: Panel data evidence from solar-powered cold-storage intervention in Nigeria. CGIAR Initiative on Rethinking Food Markets Technical Report November 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163560
spellingShingle agrifood systems
agricultural technology
capacity development
cold storage
cooling
horticulture
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Yamauchi, Futoshi
Dauda, Bawa
Balana, Bedru
Cooling technologies and long-term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents: Panel data evidence from solar-powered cold-storage intervention in Nigeria
title Cooling technologies and long-term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents: Panel data evidence from solar-powered cold-storage intervention in Nigeria
title_full Cooling technologies and long-term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents: Panel data evidence from solar-powered cold-storage intervention in Nigeria
title_fullStr Cooling technologies and long-term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents: Panel data evidence from solar-powered cold-storage intervention in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Cooling technologies and long-term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents: Panel data evidence from solar-powered cold-storage intervention in Nigeria
title_short Cooling technologies and long-term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents: Panel data evidence from solar-powered cold-storage intervention in Nigeria
title_sort cooling technologies and long term efficiency improvement of horticulture market agents panel data evidence from solar powered cold storage intervention in nigeria
topic agrifood systems
agricultural technology
capacity development
cold storage
cooling
horticulture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163560
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