Affordable solar-powered cold rooms to reduce food loss
Enterprise
FASOTRAP
Presentation of the enterprise
Since 2021, FASOTRAP has been assembling and marketing custom, affordable, and energy-efficient refrigeration storage solutions.
- Burkina Faso
- 2024
- Ongoing
Challenge
In Burkina Faso, a significant portion of fruit and vegetable production is lost due to the lack of adequate cold storage. Without refrigeration, transporting and preserving fresh produce poses health risks and leads to economic losses for small-scale farmers. Moreover, existing equipment, often imported and expensive, is not adapted to African realities. Small producers and traders are not always organised in cooperatives to store and transport their produce. Additionally, they often lack the financial capacity to make these investments.
Innovative solution
FASOTRAP offers tailor-made, affordable, and energy-efficient cold storage solutions, powered by electricity, solar energy, or petrol. Purchase options, installment payments, or rental are available, enabling small farmers and traders to benefit from a solution that costs 3 to 5 times less than a refrigerated truck.
Impact
- 230 producers have access to storage solutions for their products, thereby reducing agricultural losses
- 30% increase in income for users of cold storage rooms
- Reduction of the ecological footprint for the storage and transportation of food products.
Targeted Sustainable Development Goals
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230 people increase their income thanks to the products/services offered, with an average increase rate of 30%.
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The produced food is stored and transported using cleaner energy sources.
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More than 900 people are engaged in indirect income-generating activities.
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Post-harvest losses for producers are reduced.
News
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Business Partnership FacilitySep. 2024
Launch of the 12th edition of the BPF: Business partnerships for sustainable development
Does your company hold expertise or technology with a large social or environmental impact potential? Looking to test your solution through a pilot project or to introduce it to new markets? Apply to the Business Partnership Facility (BPF) to develop new sustainable development projects abroad. -
Business Partnership FacilityJun. 2024
The BPF was on Go International Day!
The BPF was under the spotlights during the Go International Day at the Chamber of Commerce. -
Business Partnership FacilityMar. 2024
The BPF in the spotlight on Delano!
Dive into the journey of COCA, a Luxembourgish architectural firm supported by the BPF, and discover how they are revolutionizing construction in Ghana! -
LuxAid Challenge FundNov. 2023
First LuxAid Challenge Fund call for projects launched in the Sahel!
Co-financing opportunities : Young companies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal, on your marks! The Luxembourg Development Cooperation is launching a call for projects to accelerate innovation in distance learning and food safety. Get up to €140,000 in support! -
LuxAid Demonstration FundFeb. 2024
Recap: Rwanda’s very first LuxAid Demonstration Fund
Rwanda hosted the first edition of the LuxAid Demonstration Fund. Spotlight on promising initiatives to keep an eye on!