Powering Agrifood Systems: Review of Enabling Policies in Kenya, Uganda, and India

The study examines the extent to which agrifood policies in Kenya, Uganda, and India incorporate electricity needs for mechanization, water access, and postharvest processing. It argues that integrating electricity infrastructure can increase crop cultivation and income while reducing food loss. To improve policy effectiveness, the paper recommends establishing time-bound mandates, interministerial coordination, financial incentives, and public-private partnerships to align agrifood systems with sustainability and climate resilience goals.

• Integrating electricity infrastructure into agrifood systems can enhance crop cultivation, value addition, and income generation, while reducing food loss during processing, storage, and transport.
• To increase the effectiveness of agrifood policies, governments should implement time-bound mandates, interministerial coordination, financial incentives, appliance standards, public-private partnerships, and clear monitoring mechanisms for outcomes.
• Combining an enabling policy environment with clean energy and the efficient use of land, water, and electricity can improve climate resilience and support sustainability goals for agrifood systems.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Powering Agrifood Systems: Review of Enabling Policies in Kenya, Uganda, and India. https://www.wri.org/research/powering-agrifood-systems-review-enabling-policies-kenya-uganda-and-india

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Powering Agrifood Systems: Review of Enabling Policies in Kenya, Uganda, and India. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/powering-agrifood-systems-review-enabling-policies-kenya-uganda-and-india.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendpowering, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Powering Agrifood Systems: Review of Enabling Policies in Kenya, Uganda, and India}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/powering-agrifood-systems-review-enabling-policies-kenya-uganda-and-india}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }