The Benin Classified Forests Initiative is a program designed to protect Benin’s classified forests while creating sustainable economic opportunities for communities living around them. By strengthening alternative economic activities around Non-Timber forest Products beyond natural wood extraction and forest-based agriculture, specifically shea and honey, the project enables women and youth…
Horticurity: Food Security for Resilient Communities is a two year project funded by the Citi Foundation. The project works with smallholder horticulture producers, home gardeners, and fruit and vegetable vendors in 31 communities in Nigeria’s Delta and Kano states to improve food security, increase incomes, and strengthen community resilience to climate and economic shocks.
Project StreFaS is a three-year initiative funded by AGRA and Nestlé, aimed at supporting grain farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria to access formal markets, enabling their integration into higher-value supply chains. By promoting regenerative agriculture, StreFaS strengthens the resilience of farmers and SMEs, improves farm productivity, and supports more sustainable grain production in Kaduna and Nasarawa State Nigeria.
The West African Fortified Parboiled Unpolished Rice (WAFPUR) Project is an initiative supported by the Rockefeller Foundation to improve nutrition and food security in Nigeria. By promoting the production and consumption of fortified parboiled unpolished rice (FPUR), the project seeks to address micronutrient deficiencies while creating economic opportunities for local rice processors.
The Promoting Rice Fortification in Nigeria (PRiFN) Project is an initiative funded by the World Food Programme (WFP) to increase the adoption of rice fortification by rice millers and processors as well as to promote the consumption of fortified rice in Nigeria. The project aims to support the Nigerian…
This global Feed the Future activity is working with the private sector and other stakeholders to improve nutrition, health, and economic growth by supporting large-scale food fortification. Context Diets lacking essential nutrients like vitamin A, iron, folic acid, zinc, and iodine threaten the health and well-being…
Project Awale is a two-year initiative funded by Cargill to increase and diversify the
income of cocoa farming households in center-western Côte d’Ivoire by facilitating younger generations and women to develop strategic, financial, and business management skills needed to successfully build a safety net that is not solely reliant on a single income stream from cocoa.
Prosper Cashew: Strengthening Cashew Processing in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria Home›Region›West Africa Context The global cashew market is a $12 billion industry and has grown almost seven times over the…
TechnoServe, with funding from the Department of International Development (DFID), is working to address the challenges facing the agricultural sector in Nigeria through the use of technology.
In partnership with Wehubit, TechnoServe is implementing the CajùLab project to promote farmer adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices using emerging digital solutions, such as drones and machine learning.
