On the smartphone: In a pilot project in India, the team tested the app, which informs farmers’ wives about the condition of their refrigerated produce. Image: BASE
On the smartphone: In a pilot project in India, the team tested the app, which informs farmers' wives about the condition of their refrigerated produce. Image: BASE - Nearly half of all fruit and vegetables produced globally are wasted each year, according to the United Nations. This has implications for food insecurity, climate change, and for economic security and mobility of the world's agricultural workforce. Fighting food waste, in other words, has the potential to be a force multiplier for social impact. And that's exactly what the Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy (BASE) , together with Empa is working to accomplish through data science for social good - working with communities to fight food waste while lifting the livelihoods of small farmers and simultaneously driving investment in climate change solutions. BASE is a Switzerland-based nonprofit that develops business models to unlock investments in clean energy. For more than 20 years, they have worked across sectors at the intersection of climate solutions, finance, and international development.
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