“The market just flipped the script. After weeks of falling prices, every single fresh produce item tracked this week — from tomatoes to livestock — either rose or held firm. Spring onions, which crashed by half just seven days ago, staged a stunning comeback with prices climbing as much as 36% in the south. So what’s driving the surge, and who stands to win or lose? This week’s Market Weekly breaks down the numbers zone by zone.”
Tag Archives: cold chain
Instead of asking a battery to hold all the energy as electricity, what if you could store the cold itself?
That question changed everything. It led ColdHubs from its first scrap-metal prototype to a second-generation system that stores cooling energy directly — the same way ice holds cold long after the freezer is switched off. A decade of building, deploying and redesigning in real Nigerian markets had produced something far beyond a cold room.
It had produced a cold chain.
Every August, women return home with ideas, resources and networks. What if those same gatherings became a starting point for tackling food loss, protecting livelihoods and strengthening local food systems?
Discover why preserving food is essential to conserving natural resources and protecting the environment on World Nature Conservation Day.
Food waste is not just an economic problem—it is an environmental one. Every spoiled crate of tomatoes, green beans, or carrots represents wasted water, wasted energy, and avoidable greenhouse gas emissions. In a country where food demand is rising, losing up to 30–50% of fresh produce after harvest is not sustainable—for farmers, for businesses, or […]