- REA launches the Energizing Agriculture Programme (EAP).
- The agency is collaborating with RMI to accelerate renewable energy development.
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA), in collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), has kicked off the Energising Agriculture Program (EAP). The program is a three-year initiative with the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), with funding from The Rockefeller Foundation.
The program’s goal is to stimulate the use of mini-grid electricity in productive agricultural uses that drive local economic growth. It is focused on enabling market-led solutions and breaking the silos separating electrification and agricultural development.
At the launch, the Minister of State for Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba said,” As the renewable energy space improves yearly, we have continued to keep a keen eye on the deployment of programs and solutions geared toward socioeconomic impact in unserved and underserved communities across Nigeria. The EAP is one of those programs.”
Dr Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development also noted that the programme encourages the productive use of energy to deepen their objective of organising and managing the agricultural sector in Nigeria.