KAMIM Technologies Ltd has been appointed to lead the implementation of the HARVIST project in Nigeria, a $2.1mn initiative aimed at reducing post-harvest losses and improving energy access for farmers and agri-food businesses.
The project, part of the UNEP-led 3DEN Phase II initiative, will see KAMIM deploy modular clean-energy hubs across farming communities, incorporating solar-powered cold storage, cold-chain logistics, smart irrigation, IoT-enabled monitoring, AI analytics, USSD/web/mobile interfaces and blockchain-enabled traceability where appropriate.
The programme is supported by Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and implemented in collaboration with the International Energy Agency.
“Every harvest season we meet farmers who did everything right but still lose income because the infrastructure isn’t there,” said Adekoyejo Kuye, managing director, KAMIM Technologies Ltd in a statement.
“Power is unreliable, there’s nowhere to store produce, irrigation is limited, and markets are far,” he explained. “Farmers don’t need another pilot that looks good on paper. They need power that stays on, cold rooms that preserve quality, irrigation that enables year-round productivity, and market access that’s transparent,” he added.
According to him, the funding enables KAMIM Technologies to deliver that end-to-end system across Nigeria, backed with digital tools that work for farmers, measure the results properly, and scale what works to reduce waste, improve prices, and keep more income in farming communities.
Based on current project targets, HARVIST is expected to reach more than 10,000 farmers and agri-value-chain users over 24 months, with at least 50 percent women participation and more than 250 jobs created or supported across installation, operations, logistics, maintenance and training.
When fully operational, the deployment is projected to preserve up to 2,600 tonnes of food annually, generate about 394 MWh of clean electricity per year, displace up to 131,000 litres of diesel annually and avoid approximately 350 tCO2e each year, subject to verification through the programme monitoring framework.
The deployment builds on KAMIM’s earlier work in solar-powered cold storage and productive-use clean energy, including the SoCool and CoolCycle models. By combining clean power, cooling, irrigation and data systems, HARVIST is expected to generate practical evidence for commercially viable agri-energy infrastructure that can be scaled beyond the initial sites.
KAMIM will work with consortium partners, farmer networks, technical institutions, market actors and community stakeholders to support adoption, operator training, data-led performance monitoring and long-term service sustainability.
HARVIST is being implemented through a multi-partner consortium, with KAMIM serving as Nigeria delivery lead for engineering deployment, site implementation, commissioning, field operations support and local capacity building.
HARVIST stands for Hub for Agricultural Resilience through Value-chain, Irrigation, Storage and Technology. The programme builds on earlier solar cold-chain work, including the SoCool project, and focuses on clean agri-infrastructure for food preservation, irrigation, market access and data-enabled operations.
KAMIM Technologies Ltd: KAMIM Technologies Ltd is a Nigerian engineering and clean energy company developing practical infrastructure for productive-use energy, agriculture, cold chain, digital systems and sustainable community services.
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