ODT-1.4 · Domain 1

Rural energy for agriculture

Production areas not connected to the grid: no pumping, no cold storage, no on-site processing.

How to read this sheet

The territorial problem addressed, what ODT delivers itself, the deliverables, the support of the other divisions, the SDG targets and the proposed monitoring indicators.

  • Context figures are sourced and dated.
  • Final indicators are agreed with the contracting authority.
  • Track-record status is shown until references are documented.
Shared production infrastructure
Illustrative drawing.

The context in Cameroon

8.4%of the road network is paved: 10,226 km out of 121,873 km. Most of the municipal network is unpaved.Ministry of Public Works (MINTP), interview with the Minister in Cameroon Tribune · data as at 31/12/2023 · source ↗
28.4%of rural households have access to electricity, compared with 87.6% in urban areas.INS, Fifth Cameroon Household Survey (ECAM5) · published 30/04/2024 · source ↗

Rural production is held back first by isolation and by the lack of reliable water and energy. This infrastructure is beyond the means of an individual producer: it requires collective planning led by municipalities and farmer organisations. See all the challenges →

What ODT delivers

  • Territorial energy planning: inventory of productive uses and site prioritisation
  • Programming of mini-grids and shared energy hubs
  • Management and tariff model for energy services
  • Financing package (grants, tariffs, climate funds) and monitoring

Deliverables

  • Territorial energy plan
  • Investment programme
  • Service management model
  • Funding application

With the other XP-NOVA divisions

Technologie ↗Sizing and specifications of solar and hybrid systems and electrical networks

ODT remains your single point of contact: it coordinates the support and brings the results together in one file.

Contribution to the SDGs

SDGsTarget
7Affordable and clean energy
7.1 · Universal access to reliable and modern energy services
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure
9.1 · Reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure
11Sustainable cities and communities
11.a · Economic links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas
13Climate action
13.1 · Resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards

Targets are abridged; the official wording is published by the United Nations.

Proposed monitoring indicators

  • Share of households and productive activities connected (reference: SDG indicator 7.1.1)
  • Productive uses supplied (pumping, cold storage, processing)
  • Service availability rate

Final indicators, baselines and targets are agreed with the contracting authority in the project's results framework.

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