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Please be aware that the content herein has not been peer reviewed. It consists of personal reflections, insights, and learnings of the contributor(s). It may not be exhaustive, nor does it aim to be authoritative knowledge.
Learnings on your challenge
What are the top key insights you generated about your learning challenge during this Action Learning Plan? (Please list a maximum of 5 key insights)
Updated Technology: The second
phase of testing allowed the team to increase the efficiency and capacity of
the dryer. This resulted in better quality goods after drying. The next steps
would be to continue finding ways to optimize the dryer and scaling it to other
locations.
Community Empowerment: Training
was given to over 50 farmers and entrepreneurs from the informal sector on
maintenance, food processing and marketing, with 90% of them women.
Entrepreneurs sold their products through monthly booth events and were able to
earn about RM150-200 per month as side income.
Considering the outcomes of this learning challenge, which of the following best describe the handover process? (Please select all that apply)
Other
Can you provide more detail on your handover process?
Our work has been picked up by UNDP for food system R&D and the government and has now expanded the project concept to other locations under the Green Facility Fund of US$1.5 million. The handover of the SMART solar dryer was accompanied by training on how to maintain and use the equipment over the long term. The training involved over 50 farmers and entrepreneurs. It also include training on food drying, packaging and marketing.
Please paste any link(s) to blog(s) or publication(s) that articulate the learnings on your frontier challenge.
Data and Methods
Relating to your types of data, why did you chose these? What gaps in available data were these addressing?
Collective intelligence allowed the project to utilize feedback from farmers and entrepreneurs in providing solutions for upskilling. This feedback along with partners like TONIBUNG who have deep insights into rural indigenous issues allowed for very targeted interventions
to increase capacity.
Data and knowledge were sourced from other solar dryer prototypes by our partner EbF and other open source knowledge from countries that have utilized solar dryers.
Why was it necessary to apply the above innovation method on your frontier challenge? How did these help you to unpack the system?
If community farmers and entrepreneurs were not engaged and immersed in the project, then our activities would have had little value as they would not have met the needs of the communities. Having two community-based civil society partners allowed the benefit of unique insights in project execution. It also ensure that the solar dryer would not be a white elephant and will be utilised continuously by the communities are the end of the project.
Partners
Please indicate what partners you have actually worked with for this learning challenge.
Please state the name of the partner:
Moyog Innovation House
TONIBUNG
Global Peace Foundation
AGC Green Tech and Ebf
Community members
What sector does your partner belong to?
Civil Society
Please provide a brief description of the partnership.
TONIBUNG used their in house expertise to engineer the SMART solar dryer and train farmers in using it. Moyog Innovation House used their expertise to provide the training of entrepreneurs in food processing and marketing. Global Peace Foundation facilitated trainings specifically in Pahang.
AGC Green Tech and Ebf provided technical expertise for the SMART solar dryer prototypes and Solar collector materials - ETFE films.
Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?
No
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Bonus question: How did the interplay of innovation methods, new forms of data and unusual partners enable you to learn & generate insights, that otherwise you would have not been able to achieve?
The stakeholder engagements allowed for iteration and improvement on the SMART solar dryer eg. the dome structure that enabled more solar collection, lower drying time and higher
volume of drying. It allowed products with high moisture content eg. meat and tubers to be dried in the efficiency similar to conventional oven without the high cost of electricity.
Please upload any further supporting evidence / documents / data you have produced on your frontier challenge that showcase your learnings.
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7Affordable and clean energy
8Decent work and economic growth
11Sustainable cities and communities
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