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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.
In a press release issued today, the UNU-INRA notes that 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.
The clean energy-powered agritech innovation must solve one or more of the priority challenges listed in the table below:
| Crop | Rice | Groundnut | Maize | Cassava |
| Challenge | Irrigation planting Paddy harvesting Threshing & Cleaning Hauling & bagging Issue of bird pests |
Harvesting Plucking pod Sorting groundnut bods Processing nuts |
Planting De-husking maize Dehuller |
Peeling Slicing Grating/ milling Dehydrating (drying) Sieving Roasting |
Deadline for applying is June 7, 2024. Applicants should sign up and apply online at https://rb.gy/kg7bzw.
