Cold chain is virtually non-existent in rural areas in the global south. A key issue is that agriculture in these regions is characterized by the distributed supply of 500 million smallholder farmers living in hard-to-reach areas. This poses challenges with regard to technology, knowledge, and investment capacity. This lack of access to cold chain capacity affects the quality and quantity of produce and increases post-harvest losses.
This cold chain event focused on launching and promoting the development of cold chain solutions (both accessibility and utilization) in rural areas, based on bankable and scalable business models and backed by market linkages and data. With this event, we also aimed to pull in more partners.