Alumnae news: 'Harvesting Sunshine' transforming Nigeria’s oil palm industry

St Mary's alumna Habiba Ahut Daggash, Ph.D. is the lead author of a new report, "Harvesting Sunshine", which documents the EAP's successes, challenges, insights, impact and more.

For the past three years, RMI have been trying to figure out how off-grid energy solutions can truly transform rural livelihoods by not just giving them access to modern household conveniences, but also supporting their businesses and boosting their incomes. The Energising Agriculture Programme (EAP) has been the vehicle for this journey. It's brought together people, ideas and resources to give rural entrepreneurs access to affordable solar-powered agricultural equipment.

Read more here: https://rmi.org/insight/harvesting-sunshine/

Watch out for their EAP video series on the RMI webpage. This is a preview from Adebayo, Edo State, Nigeria, where an EAP-supported mini-factory is transforming the local oil palm industry by improving the quality of the palm oil produced while increasing yields by 40%.

Learn more about the impact that the EAP has created in communities here.