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Addressing Food Loss and Waste - Examples

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Example 4: Zero Energy Cool Chambers (ZECC)
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====Example 4: Evaporative Cooling Chambers (ECC)/ Zero Energy Cool Chambers (ZECC)====
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ZECC is a Evaporative cooling chambers (ECCs) – also known as “zero energy cool chambers (ZECCs)” – are low cost evaporative cooling option options that does do not use require electricity. They can store multiple crops at one time and help farmers maintain water weight in their crops, reducing wilting and quality diminishment that hastens crops' decay and reduces marketability. It Evaporative cooling chambers can be easily constructed with local made from locally available materials. Clay pot coolers also provide a smaller household optionincluding bricks, sand, wood, dry grass, gunny/burlap sack, and twine.
Case study: Global Knowledge Institute, 2014 [http://postharvest.org/Rockefeller Foundation Food Waste and Spoilage initiative Resource Assessment_GKI.pdf Reducing Global Food Waste and Spoilage]: p. 23
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