Biogas-Powered Evaporative Cooling for Uganda’s Dairy Industry - Revision history

Ranisha at 19:07, 14 July 2020

2020-07-14T19:07:55Z

Stefan Eibisch: /* Progress Update */

2018-04-19T08:22:43Z

‎Progress Update

Francesca Dobrigna at 13:58, 21 November 2017

2017-11-21T13:58:30Z

Michael Remiorz at 11:41, 31 May 2016

2016-05-31T11:41:18Z

Michael Remiorz: /* Impact */

2016-05-31T11:40:46Z

‎Impact

Michael Remiorz: /* Impact */

2016-05-31T11:40:16Z

‎Impact

Michael Remiorz at 11:39, 31 May 2016

2016-05-31T11:39:23Z

Michael Remiorz at 11:35, 31 May 2016

2016-05-31T11:35:55Z

Michael Remiorz: /* Clean Energy Solution */

2016-05-31T10:46:03Z

‎Clean Energy Solution

Michael Remiorz: /* Overview */

2016-05-31T10:45:46Z

‎Overview

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-*[[Portal:Powering Agriculture|Powering Agriculture Portal on energypedia]]<br/>
+*[[Portal:Water and Energy for Food|Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) portal on energypedia]]
 *[http://poweringag.org/innovators Powering Agriculture Homepage, Winners/ Innovators]<br/>
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-UGARF deployed the first two units with two female dairy farmers last March. Income for both these farmers has increased as a result of EvaKuula adoption. When asked about impact, one of the farmers said “I have been sending my granddaughter to sell our evening milk, door-to-door, after she comes back from school. Most of the time she would manage to sell one to two liters per day, out of the 10 or so liters we harvest in the evening. We consume some of the unsold milk and the rest given freely to the neighbors and/or workers on the farm. Sometimes all the milk just gets spoilt when my granddaughter gets home late and I can’t send her out in the dark. Where has this technology been all these years!!!?” Seven contracts are in hand to supply EvaKuula units in October 2016. UGARF has participated in a trade show in Kampala and a training of over 70 farmers. Based on demand generated by these activities, UGARF anticipates deploying approximately 10 units per month.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
+As of September 2017, UGARF had deployed 34 EvaKuula units, with 5 additional units to be installed in the coming months. Half of the beneficiaries using the product are women, who have been successful users and provided important word-of-mouth marketing for the technology. User input has been an important piece of the product design process, with input from women ensuring that the product incorporates factors that are female-friendly. UGARF hopes to expand into Rwanda in the future. Next steps include conducting value engineering to lower the manufacturing cost well below the price point for the units. UGARF’s award has been extended to March 2018.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
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-UGARF has completed a baseline study and identified smallholder farmer households to participate in their study. They have continued to perfect performance of the device and installed a demonstration unit at a partner site in Wakiso District. The initial stages have begun for the manufacture of 25 units that will be deployed among the participants. UGARF has also developed training materials that will be used to train participants before systems are installed on their farms.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
+UGARF deployed the first two units with two female dairy farmers last March. Income for both these farmers has increased as a result of EvaKuula adoption. When asked about impact, one of the farmers said “I have been sending my granddaughter to sell our evening milk, door-to-door, after she comes back from school. Most of the time she would manage to sell one to two liters per day, out of the 10 or so liters we harvest in the evening. We consume some of the unsold milk and the rest given freely to the neighbors and/or workers on the farm. Sometimes all the milk just gets spoilt when my granddaughter gets home late and I can’t send her out in the dark. Where has this technology been all these years!!!?” Seven contracts are in hand to supply EvaKuula units in October 2016. UGARF has participated in a trade show in Kampala and a training of over 70 farmers. Based on demand generated by these activities, UGARF anticipates deploying approximately 10 units per month.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
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 UGARF has completed a baseline study and identified smallholder farmer households to participate in their study. They have continued to perfect performance of the device and installed a demonstration unit at a partner site in Wakiso District. The initial stages have begun for the manufacture of 25 units that will be deployed among the participants. UGARF has also developed training materials that will be used to train participants before systems are installed on their farms.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
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 *[[Uganda Energy Situation|Uganda Energy Situation]]<br/>
 *[http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbdm/idea/renewable-energy-powered-milk-cooler-smallholder-dairy-farmers Renewable Energy-powered Milk Cooler for Smallholder Dairy Farmers]<br/>
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 [[File:Biogas powered evaporative cooling 2.png|thumb|right|200px|A milk transport © UGARF]]This project has numerous social, economic, and environmental benefits. Refrigeration units will benefit dairy farmers by decreasing milk spoilage and increasing production and profits. Captured biogas can be used for lighting and cooking - saving income that would otherwise be spent on kerosene, and replacing the use of wood and charcoal for cooking. Also, by extracting biogas from cow manure, greenhouse gas emissions from fermenting cow manure is mitigated.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
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-Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, the dairy industry suffers from lack of proper refrigeration options. Large dairies cannot export milk to neighboring markets due to international standards requiring milk be cooled within four hours of production. Small farmers may lose 20-50% of milk to spoilage due to lack of cold-chain facilities. There is limited access to electricity for refrigeration units, and kerosene and solar-powered options have proved too expensive and difficult to operate.<br/>
+Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, the dairy industry suffers from lack of proper refrigeration options. Large dairies cannot export milk to neighboring markets due to international standards requiring milk be [https://energypedia.info/index.php?title=Special:Search&profile=default&search=Cooling+for+Agriculture&fulltext=Search cooled]&nbsp;within four hours of production. Small farmers may lose 20-50% of milk to spoilage due to lack of cold-chain facilities. There is limited access to electricity for refrigeration units, and kerosene and solar-powered options have proved too expensive and difficult to operate.<br/>
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 [http://research.uga.edu/ugarf University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF)] has developed a refrigeration unit powered on biogas - which is extracted from cow manure. The unit regenerates zeolite plates, which retain their capacity to capture water vapor from the evaporative milk chilling process. Partnered with Smallholder Fortunes, UGARF is refining the design of the refrigeration unit, and testing it with farmers in [[Uganda Energy Situation|Uganda]]. UGARF will work with local manufacturers to secure financing and bring production of the units to commercial scale.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
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 [[File:Biogas powered evaporative cooling 2.png|thumb|right|200px|A milk transport, © Powering Agriculture]]This project has numerous social, economic, and environmental benefits. Refrigeration units will benefit dairy farmers by decreasing milk spoilage and increasing production and profits. Captured biogas can be used for lighting and cooking - saving income that would otherwise be spent on kerosene, and replacing the use of wood and charcoal for cooking. Also, by extracting biogas from cow manure, greenhouse gas emissions from fermenting cow manure is mitigated.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
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-[[File:Biogas powered evaporative cooling 1.png|thumb|right|200px|Kenyan milk farmer, © Powering Agriculture]][http://research.uga.edu/ugarf University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF)] has developed a refrigeration unit powered on biogas - which is extracted from cow manure. The unit regenerates zeolite plates, which retain their capacity to capture water vapor from the evaporative milk chilling process. Partnered with Smallholder Fortunes, UGARF is refining the design of the refrigeration unit, and testing it with farmers in [[Uganda Energy Situation|Uganda]]. UGARF will work with local manufacturers to secure financing and bring production of the units to commercial scale.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
+[http://research.uga.edu/ugarf University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF)] has developed a refrigeration unit powered on biogas - which is extracted from cow manure. The unit regenerates zeolite plates, which retain their capacity to capture water vapor from the evaporative milk chilling process. Partnered with Smallholder Fortunes, UGARF is refining the design of the refrigeration unit, and testing it with farmers in [[Uganda Energy Situation|Uganda]]. UGARF will work with local manufacturers to secure financing and bring production of the units to commercial scale.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
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 [[File:Biogas powered evaporative cooling 2.png|thumb|right|200px|A milk transport, © Powering Agriculture]]This project has numerous social, economic, and environmental benefits. Refrigeration units will benefit dairy farmers by decreasing milk spoilage and increasing production and profits. Captured biogas can be used for lighting and cooking - saving income that would otherwise be spent on kerosene, and replacing the use of wood and charcoal for cooking. Also, by extracting biogas from cow manure, greenhouse gas emissions from fermenting cow manure is mitigated.<ref name="Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry">Powering Agriculture, UGARF: http://poweringag.org/innovators/biogas-powered-evaporative-cooling-dairy-industry</ref><br/>
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-*[[Portal:Powering_Agriculture|Powering Agriculture Portal on energypedia]]<br/>
+*[[Portal:Powering Agriculture|Powering Agriculture Portal on energypedia]]<br/>
 *[http://poweringag.org/innovators Powering Agriculture Homepage, Winners/ Innovators]<br/>
-*[[Powering_Agriculture:_An_Energy_Grand_Challenge_for_Development|Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development]]<br/>
+*[[Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development|Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development]]<br/>
 *[https://poweringag.org/news-events/program-updates/newsletters Powering Agriculture Newsletters]<br/>
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 Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, the dairy industry suffers from lack of proper refrigeration options. Large dairies cannot export milk to neighboring markets due to international standards requiring milk be cooled within four hours of production. Small farmers may lose 20-50% of milk to spoilage due to lack of cold-chain facilities. There is limited access to electricity for refrigeration units, and kerosene and solar-powered options have proved too expensive and difficult to operate.<br/>
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