{"id":377,"date":"2022-02-07T13:12:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T13:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rensysengineering.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2022-02-08T07:17:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T07:17:09","slug":"rensys-pilot-project-to-implement-productive-use-of-energy-for-small-holder-farmer-customer-segment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rensysengineering.com\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"Rensys\u2019 pilot project to implement Productive Use of Energy for Small-holder farmer customer segment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text]<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the forgotten customer segments when it comes to energy access is the small-holder farmers\u2019 irrigation customer segment. These customers are the ones who are struggling with dirty and expensive diesel fuel to irrigate their land using diesel pumps, facing post-harvest loss because of lack of post-harvest management technology, lack of finance to invest on technology and being affected by brokers who decide a selling price for their produce.<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>However, this problem didn\u2019t go unnoticed by Rensys, which is a pioneer energy solution provider in Ethiopia. Rensys got technical and financial support from Feed the Future\u2019s Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) project which is a USAID funded cooperative agreement led by Texas A&amp;M University and technically supported by the International water management Institute (IWMI) to implement a pilot project in three regions of Ethiopia, i.e.&nbsp; Oromia, Amhara, and SNNP.<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>The project entails four core solutions to solve the above-mentioned four problems of small-holder farmers. These are;<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:list -->\n<ul><li>Small-scale solar irrigation pump to get rid of expensive diesel powered irrigation;<\/li><li>Solar cold room service provision to extend shelf life of perishable produces so that small-holders get an extended time to negotiate with buyers;<\/li><li>Mobile-app market linkage that will eliminate involvement of brokers since the app will create linkage between farmers and off-takers and;<\/li><li>To increase their investment capacity, the solar pumps we are selling are being sold in a Pay-As-You-Go business model which gives flexibility for farmers to pay off the pump cost over extended time of up to 2 years. Small-holder famers also get the solar cold room service based on agreed service-fee.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- \/divi:list -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>In the course of project life span 1137 solar irrigation pump distribution and 4 cold storage installations in three regions are key figures to be met<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>We are closely working with local partners like Regional irrigation offices, Cooperative Union, Local Merchants, and Financial service providers to successfully implement the project.<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the forgotten customer segments when it comes to energy access is the small-holder farmers\u2019 irrigation customer segment. This customer segment is the one who is struggling with dirty and expensive diesel fuel to irrigate their land using diesel pump, faces post-harvest loss because of lack of post-harvest management technology, lack of finance to invest on technology and being affected by brokers who decide a selling price for their produce.<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>However, this problem didn\u2019t go unnoticed by Rensys, which is a pioneer energy solution provider in Ethiopia. Rensys got technical and financial support from Feed the Future\u2019s Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) project which is a USAID funded cooperative agreement led by Texas A&amp;M University and technically supported by the International water management Institute (IWMI) to implement a pilot project in three regions of Ethiopia, i.e.&nbsp; Oromia, Amhara, and SNNP regions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>The project has four core solutions to solve the above-mentioned four problems of small-holder farmers. These are;<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:list -->\n<ul><li>Small-scale solar irrigation pump to get rid of expensive diesel powered irrigation;<\/li><li>Solar cold room service provision to extend shelf life of perishable produces so that small-holders get an extended time to negotiate with buyers;<\/li><li>Mobile-app market linkage that will eliminate involvement of brokers since the app will create linkage between farmers and off-takers and;<\/li><li>To increase their investment capacity, the solar pumps we are selling are being sold in a Pay-As-You-Go business model which gives flexibility for farmers to pay off the pump cost over extended time of up to 2 years. Small-holder famers also get the solar cold room service based on agreed service-fee.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- \/divi:list -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>In the course of project life span 1137 solar irrigation pump distribution and 4 cold storage installations in three regions are key figures to be met<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>We are closely working with local partners like regional irrigation offices, Cooperative Union, Local Merchants, and Financial service providers to successfully implement the project.<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> One of the forgotten customer segments when it comes to energy access is the small-holder farmers\u2019 irrigation customer segment. 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