In 2019, Shell Foundation (SF) and the UK Government launched a £30m, seven-year partnership to accelerate access to energy-enabled solutions for smallholder farmers and agricultural SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
The programme works with companies that collectively address a range of barriers facing farmers and value chain actors, to stimulate the adoption of energy enabled assets for productive use among low-income, rural households.
Specifically, CASEE supports businesses that collectively address four key barriers:
The programme’s ecosystem approach is based on SF’s experience catalysing the household energy sector, which has demonstrated the need to directly support complementary issues facing the sector, such as consumer financing and last mile distribution. By doing so, the programme aims to:
Through its work with enterprises and partners, the CASEE programme is producing a rich library of insights and research, that we share to encourage replication across the sector.
