Nigerian entrepreneur offers solution to post harvest losses. As a vegetable farmer himself, Ikegwuonu has first-hand experience of the huge post-harvest losses incurred because of a lack of cold storage.
In Nigeria, it is estimated about 60% of smallholder farmers’ fruits and vegetables spoil due to inadequate storage and agro-processing facilities. This idea can be extended by having a mobile cooling truck,from farm to markets.
The post harvest losses can be curbed by using solar dryers a form of preservation and also extend shelf-life of produce.
These cold hubs can also come in handy in the meat industry. Butchers that have left over beef use cold rooms, but introducing a solar store will save cost and ensure the cold chain is maintained.
Preservation and processing is a bullet proof method to curb waste and extend shelf-life of produce.
Thinking of investing in the agricultural sector? then think along these lines, cold hub chains, cooling trucks, vans. The profitability will increase if this venture is mobile, trucks collecting from designated points for onward delivery to the cold box or store.
Ikegwuonu is addressing this challenge with Cold Hubs – a solar-powered walk-in cold-room solution aimed at farmers, retailers, and wholesalers.
The cold rooms are installed at major food production and consumption centers, such as markets and farms.
Thinking of investing in the agricultural sector? then think along these lines, cold hub chains, cooling trucks, vans. The profitability will increase if this venture is mobile, trucks collecting from designated points for onward delivery to the cold box or store.
The cold rooms are installed at major food production and consumption centers, such as markets and farms.
