Global Agriculture and Food Security Program Announces New Grants to Fight Hunger and Poverty in FCV Countries

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GAFSP announced that seven projects in countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) will receive grants totaling $97.6 million.

An Entrepreneur Helps Transform African Commodities, One Nut at a Time

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When Nadeem Ahmed buys a cup of coffee on the streets of London, it’s not the anticipatory caffeine rush that occupies his thoughts in the moments before he takes his first sip. Rather, Ahmed is thinking of the steep price he just paid—particularly compared to the rock-bottom fee the coffee farmer thousands of miles away likely received. Nadeem Ahmed’s close work with the GAFSP's Private Sector Window is creating a “win-win” for smallholder farmers in Malawi and Global Tea alike.

An African Entrepreneur is Revolutionizing Kenya’s Supply Chain

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Peter Njonjo, Co-Founder and CEO of Twiga Foods, sat down with GAFSP Private Sector Window’s Daphna Berman at IFC headquarters in Washington D.C. recently to discuss the challenges facing African entrepreneurs, his decision to leave Coca-Cola, and why he needed to sell his Nairobi home in a quest to ensure that his vision for Twiga became a reality.

Save our food. Invest in female farmers.

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How do we transform our food system so that it nurtures both human health and our environment?

How do we feed the world without destroying the planet?

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Hunger and the climate crisis are inextricably linked - the challenge is how to solve one while not exacerbating the other.