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At Shell Foundation, our research is focused on providing intelligence on customers, markets, value chains and capital requirements that can drive social impact with private capital. We freely share insights and learnings from our projects including technological innovation, the viability and scalability of business models and role of catalytic capital in raising incomes while lowering emissions.

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Technology
Customer Group
FCDO Scale Partnerships Smallholder Farmers West Africa Smart Energy Systems Solar Water Pumps

Empowering Nigerian farmers: Lessons from Project Clean Green

Shell Foundation and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have partnered with AFEX to deliver Project Clean Green…

21st October 2025
FCDO Micro-Entrepreneurs Smallholder Farmers East Africa Southeast Asia West Africa Cold Storage Post-Harvest Processing

Lessons learned from addressing the sustainable cooling challenge

Since 2015, Shell Foundation has supported providers of cooling solutions to deploy their solutions to reach smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan…

01st August 2025
FCDO Gender Smallholder Farmers East Africa Southeast Asia West Africa Cold Storage Post-Harvest Processing

Solutions to reduce post-harvest loss for smallholder farmers

New research highlights the value chains most impacted by post-harvest losses and identifies key areas where innovation is essential to…

30th July 2025
FCDO Gender Micro-Entrepreneurs Smallholder Farmers Transporters East Africa West Africa Clean Cooking Cold Storage Electric Vehicles

Climate-Smart opportunities for women’s employment and entrepreneurship

04th April 2025
FCDO Gender Micro-Entrepreneurs East Africa Southeast Asia West Africa Cold Storage

Exploring the potential of under-researched Productive Uses of Energy

03rd March 2025
Smallholder farmer watering crop in Kenya
FCDO Financial Solutions Smallholder Farmers East Africa West Africa Asset Financing

Improving effectiveness of guarantees to encourage growth 

20th February 2025
Kenyan Dairy Farmer smiling with SureChill Fridge with milk in it
FCDO Smallholder Farmers East Africa Cold Storage Post-Harvest Processing

Testing the feasibility of solar cooling for Kenyan dairy farmers

20th December 2024
Female farmer in India
FCDO Financial Solutions Gender Smallholder Farmers Southeast Asia Asset Financing Post-Harvest Processing

India Ag Financing Impact Report shows 600k farmers reached in first two years

27th November 2024
Farmer adding cow dung to the Sistema Biodigester
FCDO Smallholder Farmers East Africa Southeast Asia West Africa Clean Cooking Post-Harvest Processing Smart Energy Systems

How Sistema.bio creates value from waste through Carbon Markets

Shell Foundation seeks clean energy solutions that benefit all, emphasising an inclusive energy transition for both emerging and developed markets,…

16th July 2024

For 25 years, Shell Foundation has partnered to scale clean energy solutions that boost incomes and cut emissions

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