Deadline: 7th June 2024
The United Nations University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, is rolling out a call for its Innovate for Clean Agricultural Technologies (INFoCAT) project.
The INFoCAT innovation challenge is an initiative sponsored by IDRC under the Clean Energy for Development: A Call for Action programme and is partnered by Enda Energie and UNU INRA.
The INFoCAT innovation challenge is to support low-cost clean energy-powered agritech innovators, with the intention to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy technologies for smallholder women and youth farmers in Ghana, Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire to increase agricultural productivity and income.
Priority Areas
- Rice
- Irrigation
- planting
- Paddy harvesting
- Threshing & Cleaning
- Hauling & bagging Issue of bird pests
- Groundnut
- Harvesting
- Plucking pod
- Sorting groundnut bods
- Processing nuts
- Maize
- Planting
- De-husking maize
- Dehuller
- Cassava
- Peeling
- Slicing
- Grating/ milling
- Dehydrating (drying)
- Sieving
- Roasting
Grant
- Pilot grant: USD 3,000 -7,400 (grant available for about 10 innovations/ teams/ enterprise)
- Business Scale-up grant support: USD 30,000 – 37,000 (1 innovation/team)
Eligibility
- Eligible innovators or enterprises must be based in Ghana.
- Complete application form with business details and full description of the innovation.
- Agritech technology must be powered by clean energy and must demonstrate energy efficiency.
- Technology must meet the needs of small to medium-scale holder rural farmers in the priority crop areas (rice, maize, cassava, and groundnut).
- Technology use must require less human (manual) labour and time.
- Technology must be cost-effective and have clear commercial potential, be easy to operate and scalable.
- Demonstrate a solution that reduces CO2 emissions.
- Teamwork is highly recommended (including members with diverse backgrounds). The team must demonstrate gender intersectionality with inclusion of women.
- Priority will be given to women and youth innovators.
- Clean energy supply – the innovation should have the potential to be used to power both agricultural technologies and other use. This will be an added advantage.
For more information and application.
Thanks for such program, a bachelor from the school of Agriculture UCC having a knowledge of turning agriculture waste products into a meaning products which will reduce CO2 in the air and help young farmers to generate income.
I really appreciate your for such a program like this, with the intention to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy technologies
I really appreciate your for such a program like this, with the intention to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy technologies for the Youth thanks so much