Alliance for Local Food and Nutrition Supply Chains in Africa (Alliance Africa)

The African country-led Alliance Africa is committed to work with its partners from the public and private sectors, as well as civil society partners, to support African countries in their policy priorities and actions to strengthen/establish efficient and effective resilient local food and nutrition supply and value chains. This mission is derived from and is aligned to outputs from country meetings/dialogues, surveys and review of countries’ national food systems transformation pathway documents.
Thematic Areas: Building Resilience, Local Agri-food, Sustainable and Resilient Local Food and Nutrition Supply Chains
Leading Entities:

Hosted by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) with a governance structure of a Members Forum of African Countries, Board of Directors and a Secretariat

UN AFPs & IGOs

African Union Development Agency/NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States), ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Member Countries

Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Other Partners

GFAiR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation), GFRAS (Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services), AFAAS (African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services), Southern Africa Regional Agricultural Advisory Service (SARFAAS), Climate Investment Platform, Mastercard Foundation, CDCB (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations du BENIN), Ecobank: The Pan African Bank, JR Farms Africa, Al Mawsam, Surplus, Afri Foods Rwanda, ICLEI Africa (Local Governments for Sustainability), Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security/Crop Trust

NGOs

CSAYN (Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network), ACOREC (Agir Contre le Réchauffement Climatique), Food Bridge/GFAir, Regeneration Mauritius, Urembo Women (DRC), East African Farmers Federation (EAFF), Rwanda Youth in Agribusiness Forum (RYAF)

Think Tanks/Research Centers

APHRC (The African Population and Health Research Center), FARA (Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa), Alliance Bioversity/CIAT, AfricaRice (CGIAR), ILRI (CGIAR), CIP/CGIAR, CIP (China), CAAS (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science), EMPRAPA, ICCCAD (International Center for Climate Change and Development), IFDC (International Fertilizer Development Center), Huazhong University, Washington State University, Michigan State University, Incubagraria, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM) Peru, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)

Focal Points

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