Solar push set to transform East Africa's farms and food systems

Josey Kamanda, innovation calling scientist at IWMI, Strategic programme director IWMI, madam Inga Jacobs Mata and Muluken Elias, Deputy Country Representative for Ethiopia. [Juliet Omelo, Standard]

A new regional initiative is banking on solar energy to reshape agriculture and food systems across East Africa, with the aim of improving resilience, reducing post-harvest losses and creating new income opportunities for farmers.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), with support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has launched the second phase of its Solar Energy for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) programme, extending operations from South Asia into Kenya and Ethiopia.