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UN Sustainable Development Goal
SDG 2: Zero Hunger
Food security, agriculture, nutrition and resilient food systems.
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Solar Irrigation in Africa: Financing Farm Returns Within Water Limits
Solar irrigation can make water cheaper to lift without making it more abundant, or crops more valuable. Recent African programmes are shifting attention from equipment access to the institutions around it. This paper examines how public and private capital can finance durable farm returns while respecting water limits, and why pump sales, loan repayment and sustainable agricultural development must be measured separately.
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Africa's Cold-Chain Infrastructure Gap: Service Design, Utilisation and Market Access
Africa does not only lose food because it lacks refrigerated rooms and vehicles. It loses value because farmers, fishers and traders often cannot buy reliable time: a few extra hours to aggregate, grade, negotiate and reach a better market. New 2026 evidence makes the scale of the opportunity clearer, while underused facilities show why hardware-led programmes fail. StoneComms proposes a Cold-Chain Service Test for turning cooling assets into durable market infrastructure.
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