This guide aims to help practitioners assess whether milling is an appropriate, beneficial and financially viable productive application, both for a community and for a mini-grid developer. It also provides guidance for practitioners on how to operationalize a milling PU, recognizing the complexity of doing so.

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This report provides an in-depth mapping and analysis of the five most important agricultural and fishing value chains in 15 African countries and an overview of other relevant value chains.

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This report outlines several actions that manufacturers, suppliers, donor, investors and policymakers can take to close the commercial viability gap for solar mills.

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Many communities in sub-Saharan Africa rely on diesel-powered milling equipment to process important staple crops. Solar-powered electric mills offer a reliable and sustainable alternative to expensive and polluting diesel-powered mills. This report uses data collected from field testing results of solar mills in East Africa to analyze the market requirements for solar mills and assess their commercial viability.

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Solar powered agro-processing units, such as grain mills, do not currently match diesel units in terms of performance at any scale. However, new grain mills developed through the Lab are shown to be four times more efficient than diesel mills on the market.

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This report examines six agricultural production and processing opportunities for rural areas: horticulture irrigation, grain milling, injera baking, milk cooling, bread baking, and coffee washing.

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“Feasibility Study on Productive Use of Electricity for Small Businesses Connected to Mwenga Hydro Power” is a study conducted by MicroEnergy International (MEI)on behalf of Energy4Impact, with the objective of supporting the business ecosystem in the Mufindi region to use electricity from the Mwenga grid.

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