The Market Opportunity for Productive Use Leveraging Solar Energy (PULSE) in Sub-Saharan Africa
07/11/2019
Mots clés: Afrique centrale, Afrique de l'Est, Afrique de l'Ouest, Afrique du Sud, Apprentissage, Énergie, Banque mondiale, Côte d'Ivoire, Climat, Corne de l'Afrique, Kenya, Recherche, Risques naturels, Secteurs agricoles, Suivi et évaluation, Zimbabwe, ,
The report examines the newly emerging market for off-grid solar-powered productive use appliances (PULSE). The majority of sub-Saharan Africa’s smallholder farmers live without grid electricity and produce globally low yields. PULSE appliances - such as irrigation pumps, cooling and refrigeration, and agro-processing - can provide significant gains in productivity, helping to increase food production and reduce post-harvest losses.
The report’s findings highlight the potential of PULSE’s transformative impact and provides a compelling case for their adoption in agriculture, including:
- Improved food security: 26% of the sub-Saharan African (SSA) population, aged 15 or older, suffers from food insecurity. PULSE solutions can help meet the growing demand for food through increased productivity and reductions in post-harvest losses.
- Increased farm productivity: Most land in SSA is tilled, ploughed, and weeded by human hands (65%) or animal power (25%). The use of machines could increase yields substantially by increasing efficiency up to five-fold or more.
- Employment opportunities: Agriculture sustains the livelihoods of more than 50% of the African population. Greater productivity and output can diversify value-adding employment, while accounting for some potential net job loss from mechanization.
- Enhanced resilience to shocks: PULSE products can reduce vulnerability to multiple shocks by cushioning farmers from the impacts of climate change, fuel price variations, and fluctuations in market prices for agricultural produce.
- Growth in the real economy: By increasing agricultural productivity, PULSE products stimulate socio-economic development. UNEP estimates that, for every 10% increase in farm yield, there has been an estimated 7% reduction in poverty in Africa and more than 5% in Asia.
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