Improving food security through shared value and innovation – FoodAfrica and Embassy of Finland joined forces in Nairobi

In the beginning of March, the FoodAfrica team packed their bags and headed to Kenya to attend Nairobi Innovation week. In addition to continuing the dissemination work of our research results, the team wanted to create a forum where new business opportunities between international companies, research institutes, and the public sector could be born. For that, the programme joined forces with the Embassy of Finland in Nairobi to organise an …

An updated results booklet of FoodAfrica is now available!

6 years, 6 countries, and numerous researchers, farmers and other partners working hard to increase food security in West and East Africa. The FoodAfrica Results booklet gives you an overview of what was achieved. Key results include: Training almost 20,000 local farmers on ecologically and economically sustainable farming Decreasing the level of aflatoxin contamination in Kenya Improving the income from milk production in Senegal And many more… Read the brochure …

Meet us in Nairobi Innovation Week, 5–9 March for new business opportunities!

FoodAfrica team will participate in the Nairobi Innovation Week in early March to showcase the key results of the programme. As part of the dissemination work of the results, the programme aims to create new business opportunities for local and international companies. Since 2012, FoodAfrica has worked hard to increase food security in six African countries. Now it’s time to see what we, together with numerous local farmers and other …

New business models will be developed and tested for scaling up aflatoxin control technologies in Kenya

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) will continue to work on developing aflatoxin control technologies even after FoodAfrica. The work will continue in cooperation with Wageningen University and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) as they recently secured 600,000 Euro funding to develop and test business models for scaling up aflatoxin control technologies through farmer groups in Kenya. When some molds grow on crops, they produce toxic substances …