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The Multifunction Platform (MFP) is a concept and a structure developed by UNDP and deployed in a number of West African countries, and Tanzania and Zambia. The idea has been to place an MFP in a village which, driven by a diesel engine, powers devices such as pumps and grain mills and generators. The UNDP has produced a number of reports on this project in Mali which can be accessed here.

The primary impact of the MFP has been on women's work (on reducing daily drudgery and opening up new opportunities in life) and the UNDP's deployment has been to women's organisations, with part local funding and part local grant.

In places where Jatropha is grown, a device, powered by the MFP, can crush the Jatropha seed produces a biodiesel from it, allowing the MFP to produce its own biodiesel with a surplus. The Mali Folke Centre has reported on its success in this field.

Volunteers from Engineers without Borders have been involved with assessment of some MFP projects, as reported here.

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