Harvest Cool 

Partners: Pyrogenesys, Lavender Fields, Nigeria Agribusiness Group,, Agrolog, University College London

Country: Nigeria

Technology: Sustainable cooling

Stage: Mid

Stage: 9

The Harvest Cool project represents stakeholders from farming business, agricultural services, and technology providers who will deliver an integrated energy system to develop a low carbon cold storage system for onions grown in Nigeria. The partnership comprises PyroGenesys (biomass pyrolysis technology); Lavender Fields (agricultural produce aggregator and marketer); the Nigeria Agribusiness Group and Agrolog (agricultural extension services, Nigeria) and University College London (Life Cycle Assessment input).

This project is innovative in bringing together unique engineering designs which address cold storage for transport from the field to a central storage point. It is also innovative in the conception of a business model which considers energy provision; the benefits of food waste reduction; adding value to low income farming communities; and a circular carbon farming system with potential to improve agronomic conditions and carbon sequestration in soils.