Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge

📅 The second webinar of the Zero Hunger Coalition is happening next week! #RoadToKampala The discussion will focus on aligning global initiatives to end hunger and malnutrition and to transform food systems. 🗣️ Representatives from the Zero Hunger Coalition, the G20 Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, and the Alliance of Champions for Food Systems Transformation will be present to discuss how they can best support the CAADP3 framework together. 🔗 REGISTER: https://lnkd.in/eEmNfTts #EndHunger #G20 #Webinar #FoodSystemTranformation #Africa #PostMalabo SDG2 Advocacy Hub Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) The Consortium of African Youth in Agriculture and Climate Change (CAYACC) FAO David Nabarro Ibrahim Mayaki CAADP CAADP African Union Commission African Union

💡 Joining the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge makes good business sense. "Farmers in the countries where we operate struggle with very low yields - a missed opportunity that doesn’t have to be the case. With better access to basic inputs and knowledge, farming can become a very profitable business." 🗨️ We interviewed Stuart Morris, Director of the East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation, to discuss the company’s pledge and their reasons for joining us. ⬇️ Check it out and discover how you can join too: https://lnkd.in/drpBXqQx #Farmers #SDG2 #PrivateSector East-West Seed Rutger Groot Maaike Groot Brigit van Dijk - van de Reijt Joost Pekelharing Flip Van Koesveld sylvie desilles Sathiyabama Bhaskaran Swaroop Nanu Stuart C. Wanyoto Lavanya V. Marie Pelletier Ashvini Kamble https://lnkd.in/e233Fg62

📺 We followed last week's insightful webinar on advancing nutrition in Africa by the Zero Hunger Coalition with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate and SDG2 Advocacy Hub, and we welcome the debate on the role of the private sector in fighting hunger and malnutrition. 🙌 #RoadToKampala 🗣️ Tendai G. from the SUN Movement encouraged the private sector to align with national agendas to end hunger and malnutrition, facilitate the safe movement of food, partner with governments, and contribute financially or through technical assistance to nutrition efforts. As she rightly pointed out, some businesses are already introducing great innovations. 💡 The Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge offers businesses a platform to leverage their innovative ideas to combat hunger in their communities by pledging to invest in this cause. This can be done through financial commitments or by providing training and technical skills to farmers and vulnerable groups in agriculture. We have already reached more than 50 companies from around the world who have joined the Pledge. To discover how to be part of it, check out our website: https://lnkd.in/e3aeBKvv 📺 If you missed the webinar, it has been recorded 👇 Kyoko Okamura Shibata Lawrence Haddad CMG Ibrahim Mayaki Neema K. Lugangira Namukolo Covic MATHEWS MHURU George Ouma #webinar #PrivateSector #Africa #EndHunger #Nutrition https://lnkd.in/e-D5_Khp

🌱 Happy World Food Day! Today, we reflect on the urgent need for innovative solutions to end hunger. 🌍 Lost crops, particularly African indigenous varieties, can be key to addressing food security. Check out this insightful Forbes article that explores how these crops are fueling a growing food business boom. 👇 💡 Embracing these diverse crops can enhance nutrition, support local economies and contribute to sustainable agriculture. The Zero Hunger Pledge is collecting private sector efforts to end hunger and malnutrition, and some of the companies that have joined us are using these opportunity crops to do so. 📢 Join the call: https://lnkd.in/ebEqVf-v #WorldFoodDay #EndHunger #FoodSecurity #Women Juliet Aigbe African Development Bank Siny Samba Simballa Sylla Chef Pierre Thiam Philip Teverow Yolélé Global Citizen Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) World Food Programme International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Daphne Ewing-Chow https://lnkd.in/gEQxtnY5

"Over the past 6 years in business, I realised that smallholder farmers, despite having farmlands, face challenges like accessing the market because the big players in the industry prefer larger farms. Smallholder farmers are left to sell at any price, whether profitable or not, just to offload their harvest. So, part of our profit goes toward helping build them up, and when I heard about the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge, it aligned with the work we've been doing on the ground. I'm a soul believer in social impact. You can't keep taking from the community you're sourcing from. It's your responsibility to uplift the community and leave it better than you found it." 🗨️ Janefrances Nkiruka Ighosewe, Founder and CEO of Something Lite, a women and youth-focused processing company in Lagos, Nigeria, is part of the Zero Hunger Pledge. 🌍 👏 She explains her social commitment, why she joined the Pledge, and the contribution small businesses can make through it. All companies are invited to join us and become more socially responsible toward the communities where they operate and do business. ➡️ More at https://lnkd.in/drpBXqQx #SocialImpact #ZeroHunger #Africa #PrivateSector Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) Women Impacting Nigeria African Women in Animal Resources Farming & Agribusiness Network (AWARFA-N) Nigeria Chapter Nigerian Farming Magazine LEDA-NN Nutrition in Nigeria Private Sector Advisory Group Nigeria Nigeria Private Sector Alliance (NiPSA) Agricultural Agenda Nigeria Initiative (AANI) Community Allied Farmers Association of Nigeria Youth Farmers Nigeria https://lnkd.in/eCPppQus

Eggs are one of nature's most complete foods—rich in protein, vitamins and essential nutrients. According to the National Library of Medicine (NLM), providing a child with just one egg a day has been shown to reduce stunting rates by 47%. 💡 #WorldEggDay 🌍 In Africa, where 30.8% of children under five are stunted and one in five people is undernourished, eggs could be the new gold in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. 📑 Forbes presents three companies that are harnessing this potential and making a difference. ☀️ This is an example of private companies being socially responsible toward the communities where they operate and make their profit. The Zero Hunger Pledge is the platform for making such a commitment to end hunger. How to join: https://lnkd.in/e3aeBKvv #EndHunger #Nutrition #Africa HEZA EGG HUB OPHIRGOLD EGG REFINERY Hatch Africa Niyonzima Samuel Nduwayezu Samuel BScN, RN. Gloria-Ethel Ofei-Akoto, MD Laura Allan Daphne Ewing-Chow Rabobank Wholesale Europe & Africa Rabobank Rabo AgriFinance Dr. E. Fallou Guèye FAO Forbes Africa AGRA National Black Child Development Institute National Institute Of Public Cooperation and Child Development https://lnkd.in/eY_aJNPR

👀 If you are interested about the intersection of agrifood systems and nutrition, you should join online the Zero Hunger Coalition & SDG2 Advocacy Hub webinar on Thursday 17 October. 🥕 🍐 As the African Union approaches the end of the Malabo Declaration in 2025, there is growing political will and commitment to advancing nutrition, with a strong emphasis on the need for sustainable nutrition financing across sectors, including significant involvement from the private sector. #PostMalabo 🎙️ The webinar will explore the role of financing, gender inclusion and policy alignment in transforming food systems to deliver healthy diets and improve nutrition outcomes across Africa. #SDG2 🔗 Register at https://lnkd.in/e9tqEy_c

🆕 The Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge is growing, with six new companies from around the globe joining the effort to end hunger last Summer. 🌍 Last September, the Pledge was in Kigali, Rwanda, organising various meetings at the #AFSForum2024. These and other updates are available in the September edition of the Zero Hunger Coalition newsletter. Check it out! ⤵️ 👀 To stay updated on relevant news, subscribe to the newsletter https://lnkd.in/eS2fs8PM

The Zero Hunger Pledge is also present in Rwanda. 🌍 Bahati W., CEO of Agriface - Agri Farmer Centre, founded the company to support farmers and ensure that the food they produce is nutritious. He joined the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge to further support local farmers, who are crucial for ensuring food security in the country. He pledged to invest in post-harvest facilities. Weslars stresses the important role that companies, including SMEs, play in ending hunger and malnutrition. This can be achieved through the Zero Hunger Pledge. Companies of all sizes from around the world can join this global movement to end hunger. More at ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e9St6GYg #EndHunger #Agriculture #Farmers Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) World Food Programme The Rockefeller Foundation Global Citizen AGRA GIZ Rwanda Rwanda Organic Agriculture Movement Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture RWANDA SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE LIVESTOCK & INNOVATION https://lnkd.in/ef5muxMA

In September, Kokari Coconuts & Company joined the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge with the aim of investing in R&D and extension services focusing on women. 👇 This is a great video of its Founder & CEO, Ebun Feludu, who explains i how she built a 'profitable company that nurtures people'.