Innovate for Clean Powered Agro Technologies
This project aims to improve the productivity and income of rural smallholder farmers through low-cost clean-energy powered technology solutions and enhanced prospects for clean power innovations.
The United Nations University’s Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU INRA) will support clean agricultural technology that focuses on solutions that replace human labour on farms to save time, reduce drudgery and enhance the economic opportunity and well-being of women and youth.
The project will generate evidence to support and promote gender-sensitive policy frameworks that recognise these clean energy solutions and that provide the necessary incentives for their adoption at scale. As innovators of clean energy agricultural technology and private mini-grid companies increasingly engage youth and women, leveraging their potential to improve agricultural productivity through this initiative will deepen evidence and inform action that supports women and youth to play a leading role in clean energy transitions.
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Location
Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal,
Project outputs
Webinar: How Small Business Can Enable a Gender-Equitable Energy Transition: Experience from the Global South
Thursday 18 June 2026
This webinar is hosted by The Group of 78. How Small Business Can Enable a Gender-Equitable Energy Transition: Experience from the Global South Thursday 18 June 2026 10:00am – 11:30am EDT (check your local time) Register to attend online The Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA) initiative, funded by the International Development […]
Smallholder farmer testing INFoCAT renewable energy powered groundnut pod plucker in Gomoa (Central Region, Ghana). Photo by UNU INRA.
Clean Energy Transitions: A Care Economy Lens
20 April 2026
How can clean energy transitions reduce energy poverty while also addressing the unequal burden of unpaid care work? This is an increasingly urgent question as the global shift to clean energy reshapes not only energy systems, but everyday life within households. Across many low- and middle-income countries, women and girls continue to shoulder a disproportionate […]
New from GENERIS: research and insights on decentralised renewable energy in Bolivia
30 April 2026
The GENERIS project, partners of Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA), explores how decentralised renewable energy can support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), local livelihoods and inclusive energy transitions in Bolivia. Recent outputs from the project highlight the role of renewable energy in productive use, gender inclusion and sustainable development, drawing […]