Energizing Agriculture Programme

The Energizing Agriculture Programme (EAP) pairs electricity access with the means to use it in mini-grid communities throughout Nigeria.

As distributed energy resources (DERs) are deployed across Nigeria, newly connected customers and communities need help in accessing the means to use their power and unlock the benefits of reliable energy access. Agriculture is the economic backbone of rural Nigerian communities where DERs are often the lowest-cost electrification option. Using electricity productively in agricultural value chains can drive a virtuous cycle where new agricultural industries improve incomes of community members and the economics of local DERs, catalyzing more investment in DERs and machinery and accelerating local economies.

The EAP is scaling productive uses of DERs by:

• Building a pipeline of agriculture-energy projects. Our cross-sectoral agriculture-energy working group identifies places where existing agricultural activities need energy, and the EAP team vets these sites for a project pipeline.
• Supercharging agriculture-energy business models through our Innovation Accelerator. Five thematic teams are piloting private-led approaches to electrifying milling, cold storage, and mobility with clean minigrid electricity.

Across these activities, the EAP is designed to ensure local ownership of solutions and scaling by partnering widely and sharing insights broadly.

Learn more about EAP here.