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UN Sustainable Development Goal
Food security, agriculture, nutrition and resilient food systems.
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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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