WE4F West Africa Regional Innovation Hub Announces the Ivorian Call for Innovations
Only a couple days remain to apply for the Ivory Coast Call for Innovation! The West Africa RIH is seeking innovative companies, and more specifically small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are involved in the food value chain (e.g., agricultural production, conservation, processing, transport and distribution). SMEs wishing to participate in the competition should write to CI_inquiry@giz.de to receive the submission form and submit to the same address by end of July 15th, 2021 Abidjan time.
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Work With WE4F to Scale Innovations
The WE4F South/Southeast Asia Regional Innovation Hub invites eligible service providers to respond to the Call for Expressions of Interest. The qualified applicants will become part of the pre-vetted service providers pool to deliver a variety of services to the Hub’s innovators across the region. All information about the call, as well as the link to the online form to submit EOIs to join the pre-vetted pool of service providers can be found in the link below.
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WE4F at World Water Week 2021: Building Resilient Water-Energy Efficient Agriculture through Regional Innovation Hubs
Join us for a panel on how we work with the private sector to accelerate innovation and transform agricultural and food value chains while supporting resilient ecosystems, reducing poverty, increasing smallholder farmers’ income, improving enabling environments, and incorporating ESGs into business operations.
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Innovation Update:
Oorja Solutions CEO, Amit Saraogi, Nominated for 2021 Waislitz Global Citizens’ Choice Award
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Energy poverty is a very real challenge for farmers and agricultural productivity - negatively affecting incomes and climate change. Oorja Solutions' pay-as-you-go model helps marginalized farmers access sustainable and affordable solar energy systems. This nomination highlights the important role water-energy-food nexus innovations play in changing agricultural sectors around the world.
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WE4F USAID Secretariat is hiring M&E External Surveyors!
WE4F is seeking current or recent graduates students based in Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Lebanon. Candidates should have a background in agriculture, water, energy, technology innovation, environmental studies, research methods, international business, and/or international development. They must also speak Arabic, Khmer, Indonesian, Javanese, or French.
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Growing Ghanian Food Security with Green Gold Farms
Despite excellent production conditions, Ghana imports most of its food, making the country dependent on other nations , threatening its food security stability, and reducing job creation. In addition, imported food is not always of the highest quality, which presents some public health problems that impact the Ghanaian population, perpetuating cycles of poverty in the country through long-term human and socio-economic damage. With a growing population and need for food, food independence has become a major issue in Ghana.
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European Development Days: All Eyes on WE4F linking Private and Financial Sectors to the WEF Nexus
This year’s European Development Days (EDD), organized by the European Commission, wereheld virtually on June 15 and 16. Under the overarching topic of “The Green Deal for a Sustainable Future,” the worldwide development community came together to share ideas and present innovative solutions for the world’s most pressing challenges. Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) participated in this spirited conversation through a session organized by GIZ and Energypedia entitled, It’s a match?! Linking Water, Energy and Food to the Private and Financial Sectors.
Missed WE4F’s session at the EDD 2021? No problem, you can still watch it online here.
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Global LEAP Awards Launches the Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge
Modern cold chain technologies are an essential part of the agricultural sector. They manage the temperature of perishable goods from farm to table, maintain quality and safety in the supply chain, reduce food loss and enhance food security in emerging economies. The Efficiency for Access Coalition, through the support of its members DOEN Foundation, IKEA Foundation, the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and Good Energies Foundation, has announced the launch of its second Global LEAP Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge. The international competition will identify and promote the most energy-efficient, sustainable and cost-effective technologies that can meet the cold storage requirements for fresh fruits, vegetables, fish and dairy products in the first mile markets.
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Sankalp Global Awards 2021: A Celebration of Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs
The Sankalp Awards is a celebration of outstanding social entrepreneurs and a showcase of innovative and successful businesses globally.
Making a positive impact on society, gaining hands-on experience and networking with a global community are just a few of the perks of the Sankalp Global Awards 2021.
The 2021 Edition of Sankalp Global Awards is looking for social entrepreneurs who are mainstreaming impact. This years focus sectors are: agriculture, clean energy and climate solutions, financial inclusion, health and WASH, livelihoods and future of work(ers). Applications are open until August 8, 2021.
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Benefit from the SAFI Project & Scale-up Your Agri-Food Innovation
Are you a company interested or working on products or services that can substitute an imported product, decrease the import of raw material /input supply or help in reducing import dependency? Then, apply to the Scaling-up Agri-Food Innovations Project and receive business and technical support to further develop your solution.
Applications are now open. Learn more and apply before July 15, 2021.
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The Climatelinks 2021 Photo Contest
This year's theme is Climate Change and People: The Challenges and Opportunities. They're looking for submissions that capture the human dimension of climate change, in particular, social and economic responses to global change. You may submit up to five images complying with the contest rules and requirements. The contest runs until July 16, 2021.
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New Opportunity for Early- to Mid-career Level Women Working in Energy Sectors Across Southeast Asia.
With funding from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR), USEA supports the Female Leaders in Energy (FLIE) initiative through the Indo-Pacific Energy Market Investment and Modernization (EMIM) partnership. The FLIE partnership aims to advance the professional development of early- to mid-career level women working in energy sectors across Southeast Asia.
It's a two-year mentorship program with conferences and technical workshops. Applications are due by July 31st.
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Efficiency for Access' New Country Profile Sheds Light on the Off- and Weak-grid Appliance Market in Nigeria
Nearly 103 million Nigerians, or 47% of the population, do not have access to electricity, and those that do face frequent power outages. The potential value of this unique off-grid appliance market is expected to double from $537million USD in 2018 to $929 million USD by 2030. This country profile developed by Efficiency for Access offers a new perspective on local retails markets by summarizing critical market survey and appliance data for fans, televisions, refrigerators and solar water pumps.
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Solar for All: Enhancing Access to Affordable and Sustainable Solar-powered Irrigation
Achieving the potential of solar irrigation requires improved policies and institutions to coordinate implementation across numerous stakeholders, objectives and approaches. A new WLE-funded study published in Energy Policy – 'Solar for all: A framework for inclusive and environmentally sustainable solar irrigation for smallholder agriculture' – uses cases and observations from the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia to propose a framework to support policy, regulation and implementation for solar irrigation investments that are inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
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WEF Nexus Discovery Map
The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Discovery Map was developed by the Penn State WEF-Nexus strategic initiative program to aid in fostering comprehensive sustainable development projects around the globe. The combination of a filterable research depository and data visualization allows users to locate areas of need, growth, partnership, and action.
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Water Harvesting & Storage in Kenya
Thanks to the Water Act of 2016, water harvesting, storage and management is receiving attention both at the national and local levels. Following is a review of the law, practices, and design principles of water harvesting and storage in Kenya.
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