Author: Linda Kabuzire, Communications Officer, Finn Church Aid Uganda Over the past 2 years, the FSL has aimed to enhance the capacity of the participating women to sustain and improve their livelihood opportunities and well-being through enhancement of maize market access and diversification of nutritious foods. The Rwamwanja Food System Lab (FSL-RW) is one […]
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How is the Food Systems Lab improving urban diets in Kisumu, Kenya?
Authors: Christine Chege, Casey Tokeshi & Consolata Musita Find out how Alliance researchers are collaborating with residents in low-income neighborhoods to improve production and consumption of nutritious foods such as African Leafy Vegetables and fish. Understanding access to nutritious food In Kisumu, a Kenyan port city on Lake Victoria, low-income residents face limited access to […]
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Promoting Nutrition in Chongwe Food System Lab
Through the Chongwe Food System Lab (FSL), Healthy Food Africa is promoting production of traditional vegetables such as pumpkin leaves, sweet potato leaves, African eggplant, and other leafy vegetables. Author: Mangiza Chongo Chongwe is a peri-urban settlement in Zambia’s Lusaka province. It is located just over 40km from Lusaka and sometimes referred to as Lusaka […]
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A Day in Food System Lab in Bahir Dar is all about Avocado Orchard Establishment and Management
One of the main goals of Food System Lab in Bahir Dar (FSL-BD), Ethiopia, is improving the nutrition and incomes of smallholder farmers around Bahir Dar city by involving them in the production of nutritious and profitable crops like avocado. A typical day at the FSL-BD includes activities focusing on promotion of avocado production by […]
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FSL Tamale trains Youth Ambassadors to raise awareness for improved child nutrition and innovative food products
The activities of the Tamale FSL include establishing school gardens in 10 public schools, planting fruit trees in 10 urban communities, training 20 Youth Ambassadors who will reach out to youth in youth clubs and the schools introducing new recipes from soya processing and training materials. Authors: Victor Yakubu, Mohammed Adam & Bintu Bukari The […]
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Leveraging partnerships and collective agency to improve food safety in Uganda
The Fort Portal Food System Lab is leveraging on the multistakeholder approach through strategic partnerships to address the inherent bottlenecks to sufficient supply of healthy and safe foods to the population. Authors: Bwambale Bernard & Francis Musinguzi Food is inarguably a public good available to all people and this assertion is the foundation of the […]
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FSL Kisumu uses multi-stakeholder engagement to improve diets in Urban Kisumu
The HealthyFoodAfrica Kisumu Food System Lab aims to enhance African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) and fish value chains for diverse, safe, nutritious and affordable food for urban poor in Kisumu. Author: Robert Ouko Using an interactive, multi-stakeholder approach, the lab is working with different stakeholders and actors along the two value chains to achieve its goal. […]
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Daily Life in Lusaka FSL: Working for Food Safety
The Lusaka FSL held a training for market traders on food safety, storage and processing. Marketeers are key to preventing the outbreak of food borne diseases like Cholera. Author: Mangiza Chirwa Diarrheal diseases like Cholera and Typhoid are endemic to Zambia and break out almost every year in Lusaka. Statistics indicate that up to 15,000 […]
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FSL Nairobi builds the capacity of community organized groups in innovative urban farming and agribusiness
HealthyFoodAfrica’s Food System Lab Nairobi aims to promote small-scale crop and livestock farming by supporting women and youth community organized groups in Korogocho and Viwandani slums in Nairobi. In fall 2021 a one-week training was organized for 25 selected groups. Authors: Everlyn Kasina, Antonina Mutoro, David Osogo, Faith Kathoka, Maureen Gitagia, Florence Sipalla, Michelle Mbuthia, […]
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FSL Accra works every day to bring new healthy and affordable food products to market
Authors: Amy Atter, Ethel J. Blessie, Stephen Nketia, Seth K. Agyakwah and Queronica Q. Quartey The Accra Food System Lab (FSL) in Ghana has been developing new nutritious food products from local underused ingredients. The 45 developed products were introduced to a group of stakeholders who gave valuable feedback to help develop the products further. […]
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