We are teaming up to improve fairness, inclusivity, transparency, and traceability into avocado value chains. Our project with One Acre Fund, Sokolink, begins in the heart of Murang’a County in Kenya and follows the stories of smallholder avocado farmers who tell of the stumbling blocks that barred them from getting their full work’s worth. Even …
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Kindly tell us about PFAN, and your work in the organization. The Private Financing Advisory Network is a global network of climate and clean energy financing experts, which offers free business coaching and investment facilitation to entrepreneurs developing climate and clean energy projects in emerging markets. Our goals are to build clean energy markets one …
Eveline Jansen is the Regional Program Manager at FoodFlow. She has more than 10 years working experience with a knack for partner and relationship management, strategy, impact development and program management. She is most happy working in a tightly knit team of inspiring and enthusiastic people – exactly what she’s currently doing in our Nairobi …
Enviu’s ambition for FoodFlow is a great example of a circular solution preventing and recovering food loss which aligns to PACE’s Circular Economy Action Agenda for Food. The Action Agenda, released in February 2021, sets out 10 calls-to-action (CtA) designed to optimize impact, overcome barriers, and scale the circular economy. FoodFlow addresses six of these …
How FoodFlow Aligns With PACE’s Circular Economy Action Agenda For Food. Read More »
It’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Karah drops the harvested leafy greens from her back to the ground and slumps her tired body to the stool that has been waiting for her in the shade outside her house. Since 9 o’clock she has been tending to the livestock and crops on her three quarter acre …
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This is what the future could look like…. Picture this: a Kenya that produces enough fruit and vegetables to serve the local market, and export internationally. Farms that produce multiple crops year round, using natural irrigation and soils that are healthier than ever. A well organized food value chain that results in practically zero food …
Regenerative farming should be serious business. Read More »
We had an interview with one of our venture builders, Arpana Philip. She is in charge for the development of Sokolink; our latest FoodFlow solution. She will be discussing her insights on how to efficiently connect smallholder farmers to the market. What is market linkage? Market linkage is a pilot that Enviu is conducting as …
How to bridge the gap between smallholder farmers and the market? Read More »
Did you know that nearly 50% of harvested fruits and vegetables in Kenya are lost before they reach the customer? The smallholder food value chain sees multiple challenges that seem hard to solve. Diving into this issue, and opportunity, has shaped our vision to reduce food loss by 80% in 2030. In this article, we …
A simple guide to the challenges in the fruit and vegetable chain in Kenya Read More »
To build solutions with a product-market fit, it’s important to understand the root causes of the problem. This analysis of the fruit and vegetable chain in Kenya serves as the basis of our venture building work in the FoodFlow program.
