{
  "pilot": "electrical_vehicles_evs",
  "display_name": "Electric Vehicles (EVs) for Farm-to-Market Logistics",
  "challenge": {
    "intervention_context": "High and rising fuel and logistics costs are discouraging farmers from timely post-harvest handling and market delivery. Uptake of electric vehicles is constrained by high upfront costs, concerns about charging availability, and limited access to finance.",
    "symptoms": [
      "Farmers delay or avoid transporting produce due to perceived high fuel/transport costs",
      "Low enquiry or purchase rates for EVs despite fuel price increases",
      "Limited visible charging infrastructure and few EV dealers offering financing in target states"
    ],
    "time_window": "Last 2 quarters",
    "success_definition": "The pilot demonstrates that EV adoption can reduce average post-harvest transport costs by at least 20% and achieve a usage/adoption rate of at least 15% among targeted smallholder farmers within the pilot area.",
    "decision_question": "Is this intervention worth pursuing?",
    "headline_kpis": [
      "Average reduction in per-trip transport cost (%)",
      "Adoption/usage rate among targeted farmers (%)",
      "Number of functional charging points operational in pilot areas",
      "Average vehicle utilization (trips per week) by pilot vehicles",
      "Median payback period for EV purchase under available finance (months)"
    ]
  },
  "queries": [
    "Recent evidence (last 2 quarters) of EV adoption among smallholder farmers in Kaduna state, Nigeria, including numbers of vehicles deployed and usage patterns",
    "Operating cost comparison (fuel, maintenance, charging) for diesel/petrol vs electric light commercial vehicles for farm-to-market trips in Kano and Jigawa over the last 2 quarters",
    "Inventory and functionality audit of public and private charging points in Kaduna, Kano and Jigawa in the last 2 quarters, including uptime and power levels",
    "Sales and aftersales data from EV dealers selling e-trikes/e-vans suitable for agricultural logistics in Kaduna/Kano/Jigawa during the last 2 quarters",
    "Availability and uptake of financing products (loans, lease-to-own, microfinance) specific to EV purchases for farmers in Northern Nigeria in the last 2 quarters",
    "Cost-benefit analysis or TCO models for electric tricycles/e-vans transporting farm produce in Nigeria, including battery replacement and maintenance assumptions",
    "Evidence on farmer perceptions, behavioural barriers, and willingness-to-pay for EVs in Kaduna, Kano and Jigawa from surveys or qualitative studies conducted in the last 2 quarters",
    "Examples and performance data for off-grid solar-powered charging hubs or mobile charging solutions deployed for rural EV charging in Nigeria or comparable regions in the last 2 quarters",
    "Recent changes in national or state-level policy, subsidies, import duties or incentives for EVs affecting Kaduna/Kano/Jigawa enacted or effective in the last 2 quarters",
    "Battery performance, degradation rates, and real-world range for e-trike/e-van batteries under typical farm-to-market duty cycles in Northern Nigeria over the last 2 quarters"
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-04-09T14:07:46"
}