Date: 13 – 14 October, 2015 Venue: E-classroom, The Energy Center, KNUST, Kumasi
Objective
To demonstrate the potential utilization of renewable energy technologies in rural food processing in reducing post-harvest losses and adding value for improving rural livelihoods.
Short Description of the Event
The workshop is being organized by TEC, KNUST in collaboration with its partners from 7 other institutions in Africa, UK and Europe to explore the potential for integrating renewable energy technologies in rural food processing with the aim of contributing to the global food security and sustainability in food production by reducing post-harvest losses, reducing the reliability on fossil fuels and providing farmers and SMEs in remote areas with technologies that can be operated in insular mode, thus creating value along the food value chain.
The project, Energy Efficient Rural Food Processing Utilising Renewable Energy to Improve Rural Livelihoods (RE4Food) team at KNUST and the collaborating institutions are working on selected food items such as maize, fruits and vegetables as well as fish and has identified potential solutions through research that can address post-harvest losses associated with these produce and in the process address issues like food insecurity and job provision through support from private sector participation in agriculture value chain.
The event will focus on developing a common understanding of the problems related to post harvest handling of the selected food items at the rural level and sharing of research knowledge and potential solutions.
Target Audience
•TEC, KNUST and its partners,
•Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA),
•Private sector engaged in development of renewable energy technologies,
•NGOs
•Research institutes
•Relevant stakeholders from the public/private sector and international organisations in Ghana.
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