Seed Funding Joint Programmes

Twelve countries are receiving seed funds: Cambodia, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Jordan, Kenya, Rwanda, Samoa, Serbia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Viet Nam. Seed JPs receive up to $250,000 for up to 12 months.

Cambodia

Transforming Cambodia’s food systems to become more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient

National pathway operationalization Policy coherence Inclusive dialogues Advocacy Unlocking finance Food-climate convergence

Costa Rica

Empowering Communities: Empowering families and communities through local food system transformation in Costa Rican municipalities

Local food systems governance Behaviour change Healthy diets Local markets Food loss and waste

Egypt

Strengthening Sustainable and Resilient Food and Nutrition Systems in Egypt for SDG Acceleration 

Multistakeholder Coordination Policy Integration Governance
Unlocking Finance

El Salvador

Political advocacy to promote the transformation of sustainable and nutrition-sensitive food systems in El Salvador

Inclusive dialogues Awareness raising Healthy diets Nutrition

Jordan

Transforming Jordan's Agri-food System towards greater sustainability and resilience

M&E Investment plans Inclusivity

Kenya

Assessing scalability of climate-resilient models for food systems transformation in Kenya: the climate-friendly home grown-school feeding programme and the Inclusive and Sustainable coffee value chain

Value chains Inclusivity Unlocking finance School feeding program Nutrition

Rwanda

Resilient Food Systems: Enhanced Value Chain and Post Harvest Management

Post-harvest management Youth employment Inclusivity

Samoa

Catalyzing the Samoa National Food Systems Transformation Agenda Through Collective Action

Pathway operationalization M&E Unlocking finance

Serbia

From Seed to Sustainability - Food Systems 4 All

National pathway operationalization Multi-sectoral governance Local food systems

Tanzania

Advancing Sustainable Food System in the United Republic of Tanzania

Awareness raising Multistakeholder coordination Governance Policy integration Local governments

Uganda

Strengthening Uganda’s capacity to enable sustainable, equitable, healthy and resilient food systems

Multi-sectoral governance Integrated policy Inclusivity

Viet Nam

Incubation of innovations in partnerships and financing for agrifood systems transformation in Viet Nam

Multi-sectoral governance Integrated policy Finance

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