{"id":10292,"date":"2020-07-10T09:35:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T06:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=10292"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:31:09","slug":"centre-of-excellence-in-rwanda-aims-to-support-african-farmers-and-rural-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2020\/07\/10\/centre-of-excellence-in-rwanda-aims-to-support-african-farmers-and-rural-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre of Excellence in Rwanda Aims to Support African Farmers and Rural Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kigali, 08 July 2020<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 A new African Centre of Excellence for sustainable cooling and cold chain based in Rwanda will help get farmers\u2019 produce to market quickly and efficiently \u2013 reducing food waste, boosting profits and creating jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based in Kigali and inspired by the University of Rwanda\u2019s existing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aceesd.ur.ac.rw\/\">Africa Centre of Excellence of Energy for Sustainable Development<\/a>, the new Centre \u2013 which is operational and already conducting feasibility studies \u2013 aims to link the country\u2019s farmers, logistics providers and agri-food businesses with a range of experts and investors. In future phases, the scope will be expanded to cover interested partners in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/news-and-stories\/story\/rwandas-ambitious-plan-clean-and-efficient-cooling\">Rwanda\u2019s Cooling Initiative<\/a>&nbsp;(RCOOL), supported by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) through its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/resources\/factsheet\/united-efficiency#:~:text=The%20United%20for%20Efficiency%20(U4E,refrigerators%2C%20electric%20motors%20and%20transformers.\">United for Efficiency<\/a>&nbsp;(U4E) programme, provides the foundation for the new Centre, which is part of the country\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fonerwa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Rwanda%20National%20Cooling%20Strategy.pdf\">National Cooling Strategy<\/a>, launched in 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u2018The African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development is delighted to be part of this important work on sustainable cold chain for food and medicines \u2013 energy-efficient, climate-friendly, and affordable cooling and cold chains can improve agricultural efficiency and boost farmers\u2019 incomes, driving real environmental and economic change,\u201d said Professor Etienne Ntagwirumugara, the Director of the Centre for The African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/news-and-stories\/press-release\/centre-excellence-rwanda-aims-support-african-farmers-and-rural\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kigali, 08 July 2020&nbsp;\u2013 A new African Centre of Excellence for sustainable cooling and cold chain based in Rwanda will help get farmers\u2019 produce to market quickly and efficiently \u2013&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}