Scaling Innovation at the Energy-Agriculture Nexus in East Africa: Sectoral Business Condition Brief Energy-Agriculture Nexus

With rising global demand for food, there is an urgent need to find climate-smart ways to intensify agricultural production. As the population expands, agribusinesses not only need to fight food losses but also produce and process at least 70% more food on the same amount of agricultural land to feed the world. Identifying means by which clean energy technology can be used to intensify agricultural production and facilitate processing will be crucial in meeting this demand.