Increasing food security in an environmentally friendly to the environment and human health

Extending the shelf life of fresh fruit by developing natural, fully edible coatings that protect them from both spoilage factors to enable fruit that is currently shipped by air due to its short shelf life to be shipped by sea without loss of quality, thereby reducing transportation costs by 80% and greenhouse gas emissions by more than 45 times per kilogram-kilometer, according to MIT estimates.

Project Detail

Country

Argentina

Project Number

AR-G1010

Approval Date

Project Status

Preparation

Project Type

Investment Grants

Sector

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Subsector

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Lending Instrument

Instrumento del Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones

Lending Instrument Code

MIF

Modality

Facility Type

Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)

Total Cost

Country Counterpart Financing

Original Amount Approved

USD 700,000.00