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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