WHERE : Kenya Project Profile STEP– School Feeding: Promoting inclusive sourcing models for safe and nutritious diets in schools, increasing incomes and resilience of local food systems stakeholders Market Challenge Kenya’s Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes (HGSFPs) have played a vital role in improving school attendance, academic performance and child nutrition since the 1980s. While government-led [...]
WHERE : Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya Nigeria, Tanzania Project Profile IGNITE+: Scaling gender and nutrition integration in agriculture Market Challenge Despite substantial investment in the agriculture sector, sub-Saharan Africa continues to grapple with persistent gender inequality and poor nutrition. Women provide the bulk of labor input in agriculture, yet they still experience significant gaps in accessing [...]
WHERE : Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania Project Profile IGNITE: Building Technical Innovation in Nutrition-Sensitive and Gender-Integrated Agriculture Market Challenge Significant resources have been invested to improve agriculture productivity in Africa. However, this has not resulted in better nutrition for farming households or greater empowerment for all members of the family. Synergies are not being leveraged [...]
WHERE : Kenya Project Profile AgResults Kenya On-Farm Storage Pilot Market Challenge Post-harvest grain losses create lower incomes and food insecurity among smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Insufficient quality and quantity of on-farm storage forces farmers to sell their crops right after harvest, causing a surge in supply that lowers prices for their crops. Improved storage [...]
WHERE : India, Kenya Project Profile Aflatoxin: Reducing Prevalence and Exposure Market Challenge According to estimates, as much as 47 percent of the world’s peanut supply—and 25 percent of the world’s food crops—are contaminated by aflatoxin, which is known to cause cancer and other health risks. Often, aflatoxin contamination is not well understood at the farm [...]
