Our Partners
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.
IDRC was established by an Act of Canada’s Parliament in 1970 with a mandate “to initiate, encourage, support, and conduct research into the problems of the developing regions of the world and into the means for applying and adapting scientific, technical, and other knowledge to the economic and social advancement of those regions.”
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:
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Partners in Food Solutions (PFS), a consortium of leading global food companies – General Mills, Cargill, dsm-firmenich, Bühler, The Hershey Company, Ardent Mills and The J.M. Smucker Company – works in partnership with TechnoServe, the United States Agency for Development (USAID), The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, IFT and others to help strengthen the capacity of more than 2000 food companies in Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda and Senegal. Corporate partners have empowered over For Internal Use Only 2000 of their skilled employees to work on hundreds of individual projects, contributing nearly 140,000 volunteer hours.
Sanku scales technology and business solutions that put critical nutrients into the food that hundreds of millions of malnourished people eat the most. They add lifesaving micronutrients that are scientifically proven to improve health and vitality, into the food Africans eat the most, through the following activities:
- Installing a dosifier, which adds a precise amount of critical nutrients to flour, onto the small African flour mills that produce and sell the staple food families eat every day.
- Offsetting the cost of the miller’s nutrients by bulk buying empty pink flour bags, which are then sold to the millers to pack their flour. The savings from each flour bag are enough to cover the entire price of the miller’s nutrients.
- Monitoring the miller’s use of the dosifier remotely through a cellular link, and visits the mill if the dosifier is not in use or needs repair, as well as to restock their nutrients.
Vanguard Economics was founded on the understanding that “social change is not a project that one group of people carries out for the benefit of another”. The vision is that that every population exercises its right and responsibility to mark out the path of its own progress as an imperative to addressing the pervasive social injustice and poverty that exists across societies.
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.
The Citi Foundation works to promote economic progress and improve the lives of people in low-income communities around the world. We invest in efforts that increase financial inclusion, catalyze job opportunities for youth, and reimagine approaches to building economically vibrant communities. The Citi Foundation’s “More than Philanthropy” approach leverages the enormous expertise of Citi and its people to fulfill our mission and drive thought leadership and innovation.
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.
Tetra Pak is committed to providing access to safe, nutritious food for hundreds of millions of people around the world, in a way that protects our planet. It is why we were created, and why we still exist today. And it is also why all our decisions are underpinned by our promise to protect what’s good. This means protecting food, protecting people, and protecting our planet.
SNV is a global development partner, deeply rooted in the countries where we operate. We are driven by a vision of a better world: A world where across every society all people live with dignity and have equitable opportunities to thrive sustainably. To make this vision a reality, we need transformations in vital agri-food, energy, and water systems. SNV contributes by strengthening capacities and catalysing partnerships in these sectors. We help strengthen institutions and effective governance, reduce gender inequalities and barriers to social inclusion, and enable adaptation and mitigation to the climate and biodiversity crises.
INITIATIVE PARTNERS
