Our Partners
The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on collaborative partnerships at the frontiers of science, technology, and innovation that enable individuals, families, and communities to flourish. We work to promote the well-being of humanity and make opportunity universal and sustainable. Our focus is on scaling renewable energy for all, stimulating economic mobility, and ensuring equitable access to health care and nutritious food.
FUNDING PARTNERS
The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on collaborative partnerships at the frontiers of science, technology, and innovation that enable individuals, families, and communities to flourish. We work to promote the well-being of humanity and make opportunity universal and sustainable. Our focus is on scaling renewable energy for all, stimulating economic mobility, and ensuring equitable access to health care and nutritious food.
CORE PARTNERS
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious foods for all people, especially the most vulnerable.
Royal DSM is a purpose-led, science-based company in nutrition, health and sustainable living. It is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders. DSM delivers innovative business solutions for human nutrition, animal nutrition, personal care and aroma, medical devices, green products and applications, and new mobility and connectivity.
DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 23,000 employees.
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is an international organization focused on non-profit agricultural research and training that empowers farmers through science and innovation to nourish the world in the midst of a climate crisis. Applying high-quality science and strong partnerships, CIMMYT works to achieve a world with healthier and more prosperous people, free from global food crises and with more resilient agri-food systems. CIMMYT’s research brings enhanced productivity and better profits to farmers, mitigates the effects of the climate crisis, and reduces the environmental impact of agriculture.
CIMMYT is a member of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food secure future dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources.
IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS
Founded in 1968, TechnoServe is a leader in harnessing the power of the private sector to help people lift themselves out of poverty for good. A non profit organization working in 30 countries, we work with people to build a better future through regenerative farms, businesses, and markets that increase incomes. Our vision is a sustainable world where all people in low-income communities have the opportunity to prosper. More information at: Twitter: @TechnoServe | Facebook: @TechnoServe | LinkedIn:
@TechnoServe
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
Capiconic is a specialist agri-food sector investment management and asset development company. Our focus is working with clients that are committed to global food security investment strategies and building advanced, climate-smart, regenerative and sustainable agri-food production systems and businesses.
EAGC is a regional membership not for profit organization established in 2006 following a resolution from the 1st African Grain Trade Summit (AGTS) held in 2005.Its over 700 members include grain farmers, traders, millers, service providers of agro inputs, Post-Harvest Management and milling equipment and machinery, financial solutions among others. EAGC operations span over 10 countries in Eastern Africa region including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Ethiopia and South Sudan.
Sight and Life (Rwanda) is a charitable foundation established in Switzerland. With 74% of the staff living and working in LMICs across Africa and Asia, we currently have active projects in 13 LMICs where we strive to fill the nutrition gap for vulnerable populations. Our strategy is to translate evidence backed nutrition innovations into social business models, empowering local communities to provide local solutions for local problems. We take our successful pilots to scale with the help of partners for better and more lasting impact.
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious foods for all people, especially the most vulnerable.
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has offices in countries with high levels of malnutrition: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania. To support work in those countries, we have representative offices in Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
At GAIN, we believe that everyone in the world should have access to nutritious, safe, and affordable food. Today, one in three people – drawn from nearly every country on the planet – are unable to consume enough nutritious food. We work to develop and deliver solutions to this daily challenge.
By understanding that there is no “one-size-fits-all” way of dealing with this problem, we develop alliances and build tailored programmes using a variety of models and approaches. We work through national, regional, and global alliances that provide technical, financial and policy support to a wide range of public and private organisations, focusing attention on where people get their food from – markets. As a result, we give priority to finding ways to change and improve how businesses and governments shape food systems for improved nutrition.
What matters most for us is impact. Our purpose is to improve the consumption of nutritious and safe foods for all. We focus on children, adolescents, and women because we know that working with these groups is crucial to transforming attitudes about food and hence life chances and livelihoods. We are supported by over 30 donors and work closely with international organisations and United Nations agencies.
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.
Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.
Royal DSM is a purpose-led, science-based company in nutrition, health and sustainable living. It is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders. DSM delivers innovative business solutions for human nutrition, animal nutrition, personal care and aroma, medical devices, green products and applications, and new mobility and connectivity.
DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 23,000 employees.
In a world of plenty, where enough food is produced to feed everyone on the planet, hunger should be a thing of the past. However, conflict, climate change, disasters, inequality and – most recently – the COVID-19 pandemic mean one in nine people globally is still going to bed hungry and famine looms for millions.
Powered by the passion, dedication and professionalism of almost 21,000 staff worldwide, the World Food Programme (WFP) works in over 120 countries and territories to bring life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters, and help individuals and communities find life-changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building better futures.
We work to enhance nutrition in women and children, support smallholder farmers in improving productivity and reducing losses, help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks, and boost human capital through school feeding programmes.
In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability – work for which WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.
In a world of plenty, where enough food is produced to feed everyone on the planet, hunger should be a thing of the past. However, conflict, climate change, disasters, inequality and – most recently – the COVID-19 pandemic mean one in nine people globally is still going to bed hungry and famine looms for millions.
Powered by the passion, dedication and professionalism of almost 21,000 staff worldwide, the World Food Programme (WFP) works in over 120 countries and territories to bring life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters, and help individuals and communities find life-changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building better futures.
We work to enhance nutrition in women and children, support smallholder farmers in improving productivity and reducing losses, help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks, and boost human capital through school feeding programmes.
In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability – work for which WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is an international organization focused on non-profit agricultural research and training that empowers farmers through science and innovation to nourish the world in the midst of a climate crisis. Applying high-quality science and strong partnerships, CIMMYT works to achieve a world with healthier and more prosperous people, free from global food crises and with more resilient agri-food systems. CIMMYT’s research brings enhanced productivity and better profits to farmers, mitigates the effects of the climate crisis, and reduces the environmental impact of agriculture.
CIMMYT is a member of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food secure future dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources.
Founded in 1968, TechnoServe is a leader in harnessing the power of the private sector to help people lift themselves out of poverty for good. A non profit organization working in 30 countries, we work with people to build a better future through regenerative farms, businesses, and markets that increase incomes. Our vision is a sustainable world where all people in low-income communities have the opportunity to prosper. More information at: Twitter: @TechnoServe | Facebook: @TechnoServe | LinkedIn:
@TechnoServe
Capiconic is a specialist agri-food sector investment management and asset development company. Our focus is working with clients that are committed to global food security investment strategies and building advanced, climate-smart, regenerative and sustainable agri-food production systems and businesses.
Our collective expertise and unique approach allow investors and partners, focused on the opportunities evident in developing agri-food economies, to outperform current expectations in markets where finance, technological development and political factors may previously have been considered insurmountable; creating game-changing and transformational projects that generate real value for stakeholders.
We bring fact-based, real world capacity development, tools and implementation methodologies that will allow for transformation, from the ground up. Our goal is to not only implement and deliver climate-smart agri-food systems, but more importantly focus on outcomes that deliver real impact (economically, environmentally and socially) and sustainability for rural communities. Agriculture is the foundation pillar for more sustained economic growth, peace and prosperity. Our vision is to become an icon for transformation of agri-food systems, impacting the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
Sight and Life (Rwanda) is a charitable foundation established in Switzerland. With 74% of the staff living and working in LMICs across Africa and Asia, we currently have active projects in 13 LMICs where we strive to fill the nutrition gap for vulnerable populations. Our strategy is to translate evidence backed nutrition innovations into social business models, empowering local communities to provide local solutions for local problems. We take our successful pilots to scale with the help of partners for better and more lasting impact.
EAGC is a regional membership not for profit organization established in 2006 following a resolution from the 1 st African Grain Trade Summit (AGTS) held in 2005.Its over 700 members include grain farmers, traders, millers, service providers of agro inputs, Post-Harvest Management and milling equipment and machinery, financial solutions among others. EAGC operations span over 10 countries in Eastern Africa region including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Ethiopia and South Sudan.
The Council’s vision is ‘to be the leading voice for the grain industry in Africa’ and its mission is “to advocate for an enabling environment and promote structured grain trade for optimum stakeholder benefits.” EAGC’s goal is to facilitate efficient, structured, inclusive, sustainable, and profitable grain trade through four main services to the grain sector:
Structured Trading Systems
This entails promoting compliance to staple foods grades and standards , the use of the Warehouse Receipts System and the EAGC online grain trading system, Gsoko for trade facilitation. As such the Council structures trading systems by organizing Small Holder Farmers into farmer groups and Grain Trade Business Hubs (GHUBs) through which produce aggregation and proper storage in efficient facilities is encouraged.The aggregated grain is promoted through market linkages and Business to Business meetings for national and cross-border trade in grains, agricultural inputs, access to credit or acquisition of equipment and machinery.
Market Information Systems
Since 2008, EAGC collects, analyses and disseminates market information to its members on; daily grain market prices, cross border trade volumes, climate information, real time warehouse commodity volumes as well as the coordination of the Regional Food Balance Sheet and the Regional Agricultural Trade Intelligence Network. This intervention facilitates informed business and policy decision-making.
Capacity Building and Training
The EAGC Grain Business Institute is NITA registered and enhances skills and capacity of grain sector stakeholders to support and participate in structured grain trading systems. The Institute provides specialized and targeted certified training courses for all levels of the grain value chain.
Trade Policy, Research and Analysis
Provided under the Agricultural Trade Policy Advisory Forum for Eastern and Southern Africa (ATPAF-ESA), EAGC facilitates evidence-based public- private policy dialogue towards creating an enabling environment for grain trade. EAGC conducts policy monitoring, evidence gathering, policy capacity building, public-private policy dialogue and policy awareness creation. Every two years EAGC hosts its landmark event , the African Grain Trade Summit with 2023 marking its 10th edition. New members and partners are welcome to work with us by writing to the Secretariat via email: grains@eagc.org