CALA Cohort 3 Progress Report

CALA is an initiative led by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and implemented in collaboration with the African Management Institute (AMI).

These projects successfully empowered local

communities, particularly women and youth,

creating sustainable models for economic growth

and food security.

Performance Overview

Trained

Farmers

enhanced financial inclusion for

women and youth in the rice value

chain through targeted financial

literacy training and establishing

linkages with financial institutions.

KENYA

50+

Productivity

Increase

boosted climate resilience and

productivity by creating a youth-led

village agent network to distribute

certified drought-tolerant maize seed,

significantly increasing farmer

outreach and crop yields.

UGANDA

50%

kg/Ha Yield

tackled malnutrition and poor soil

fertility by introducing

vermicomposting for biofortified bean

cultivation, which resulted in a more

than two-fold increase in crop yields.

RWANDA

3,600

Aflatoxin

Knowledge

successfully used a voice-messaging

platform to train maize farmers on

aflatoxin prevention, leading to a

significant increase in their knowledge

of safer post-harvest practices.

GHANA

77.7%

Youth

Beneficiaries

established a multi-stakeholder

platform to improve the ag-lime supply

chain for wheat farmers, directly

benefiting thousands of young people

ETHIOPIA

2,247

Months of

Shelf-Life

transformed the local soybean tofu

business by developing a new shelf-

stable product and training youth

entrepreneurs, which eliminated

product losses and more than

doubled their profits.

NIGERIA

6

Revenue

Increase

revived Zanzibar’s seaweed sector by

providing a women-led cooperative

with advanced processing equipment

and business training, tripling their

revenue and doubling farmer

incomes.

TANZANIA

300%

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