We know its 🎄 but you got to read this post before meeting 🎅. Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of joining the Eastern African Grain Council and AGRA in their Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) Forum and Business-to-Business (B2B) forum in Nairobi. The PPD and B2B forum brought participants from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania Uganda and Zambia. And had a huge emphasis on removing barriers to food trade as an avenue of improving food security. We presented insights on our collaboration with Denmark in Kenya’ Strategic Sector Collaboration Programme on Food and Agriculture, led by Pil Holm Maagaard And our shared belief that public-private sector collaboration is not only critical in achieving #SDG2, but also in improving food safety, whilst allowing the private sector to innovate, create jobs and create economic value in food systems. This collaboration also creates trust and allows private sector organizations like EAGC to play an even bigger role in equipping companies with the tools to meet regulatory requirements through in Industry Self-Regulation (ISR) model by encouraging more and effective Industry Own Checks (IOCs). Since last year, we have been working with EAGC to drive better linkage with grain-trade players. In 2023, we had an outreach imprint on over 2,000 farmers and a training footprint of over 48 employees in small and medium grain processors. In 2025, we will continue “tightening the chain,” encouraging more and deeper collaboration with players in the grains value chain.
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