Dear AgriFoSe2030 friends,
We have left 2023 behind us and entered the new year of 2024. This might be a good time to reflect on
all fantastic things that has been achieved during the last year.
For me, the highlight during 2023 was the Phase II Final Workshop held in Nairobi in mid-November. After having spent so much
time on digital platforms it was amazing to meet in person. So much laughter,
friendship, networking and sharing of experiences. This was a fantastic
opportunity for harvesting outcomes from the seventeen change projects. You can
read more about it in the article Celebrating collaboration and learning in support of small-scale farmers in this newsletter.
We are
continuously developing change stories from the projects and you can read some
of them in this newsletter. These change stories are really important as they
show how the various projects have contributed towards SDG2. Fascinating
reading!
You can
also read more about a book chapter that has been written by AgriFoSe2030 members and news stories about our work on Governance of Urban Food Systems.
Lastly, the COP28 (the UN Climate Change
Conference) meeting in Dubai ended a little more than a month ago and given the commitments from the meeting there is an increased momentum around transforming agrifood system to
become more resilient towards climate change and making agriculture production
more climate friendly. This inspires us to work even harder on this!
Let me take the opportunity to wish all of
you a healthy and happy 2024.
Sofia Boqvist
Programme Director
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AgriFoSe2030 end of phase II meeting We wish to thank all of you who participated and contributed during the two days we had together in Nairobi mid-November. The meeting was truly a great success and hopefully we all came back home with new energy, new knowledge, new networks and new friends. Please read a fantastic piece written by Isabel Vogel found in the link below. | | | | | | |
'If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.' - African proverb
| | | | | AgriFoSe2030 inspires women’s group in Kinoni Sub-County, Uganda to build a milk processing facility
Due to the poverty and food insecurity challenges among women in Western Uganda, the AgriFose2030 programme initiated a project led by Dr. Judith Nagasha from Kyambogo university to train women on value addition and marketing of milk products. The project team selected three representatives each from eight women farmer groups who were tasked with the responsibility of training fellow female farmers on their newly acquired skills.
| | | Digitalization of extension services in Quảng Trị delivering early results
Agricultural knowledge among farmers on latest varieties, changing weather patterns, crop production techniques and improved agronomic practices, is important and enables global food security. However, the practice of agricultural extension is difficult to facilitate in a way that is efficient and useful. The increased accessibility and penetration of phones and mobile networks in low- and middle-income countries, create opportunities to address these challenges through digital extension tools.
| | | | | Launch of new cookbook, a step forward for sustainable food security in AfricaIn a remarkable event held at Chinhoyi University of Technology in Zimbabwe, the "Edible Insects: Food for the Future" cookbook was unveiled, shedding light on the untapped potential of edible insects in African cuisine. | | | | |
AgriFoSe2030 cookbook triumphs again: Clinches top spot in Gourmand Awards' Future Foods category
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We congratulate the amazing project team behind the second edition of the Edible insects cook book winning the Gourmand Awards in the Future Foods category. The project belongs to challenge 1 in AgriFoSe2030.
| | | AgriFoSe2030’s sorghum project contributes to climate smart agricultureChallenge 2 leader Madelene Ostwald and project leader Nothando Dunjana have recently published a chapter in the Climate-Smart Agriculture: Evidence-based Case Studies in South Africa. The chapter presents evidence-based research and case studies that have been conducted in South Africa to evaluate the effectiveness, limitations and challenges of different Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices applicable to various agricultural commodities.In turn, the provision of comprehensive lessons learned from the undertaken climate-smart initiatives is aiming to contribute towards the development of informed and effective policies and interventions for resilient and sustainable agriculture and rural development in this region. | | | | | Handing over of the training manual and cooking demonstrations for traditional leafy vegetables in Kisumu County, Kenya The AgriFoSe2030 project, ‘Governance of food systems for improved food security in Nakuru and Kisumu Counties, Kenya’ organised a one day event in Kisumu to share research findings on the effects of cooking methods on the nutritional value of selected traditional leafy vegetables.
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Unveiling and handing over of the training manual for traditional leafy vegetables in Nakuru County, Kenya The AgriFoSe2030 project, ‘Governance of food systems for improved food security in Nakuru and Kisumu Counties, Kenya’ partnered with the Food and agriculture Organization (FAO), and selected agricultural extension staff from Kisumu and Nakuru, to develop a manual on production, management, harvesting, preparation, and cooking of traditional leafy vegetables.
| | | | | Agrifose2030 migrates Translating science into policy and Practice course to Kyambogo University
Kyambogo University has completed the process of incorporating the “Translating Science into Policy and Practice course” into its graduate training curriculum. The course was previously offered as a short course supported by the AgriFoSe2030 programme.
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