Project Briefs

As part of the Food Systems Transformation Through School Feeding initiative, a community-led cooking demonstration was conducted in Ghana to support the integration of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) into school meals programmes.

This project explores how gender-sensitive, climate-smart school farming initiatives can help address food insecurity while navigating deeply rooted social norms in pastoral communities of Kenya.

In Ghana, researchers seek to leverage the GSFP as a platform for food systems transformation by growing climate-smart, nutritious crop species in school farms to supply the GSFP, strengthen local value chains, and expand opportunities for rural women and youth. 

The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), in collaboration with Imperial College London, have established a planet-first demonstration farm. The farm is being used as a training site for school teachers and farmers on regenerative agriculture practices. KALRO envisions that the demonstration farm will encourage the reproduction of planet-first farms in schools and farms throughout the semi-arid region of Kenya.

The SMP, being a major platform embedded in government policy and social protection systems, can serve as a catalyst to promote equitable and sustainable food systems transformation in the country. The Food Systems Transformation through School Feeding project under the CCHeFS initiative addresses this challenge by promoting interventions that integrate nutrient-rich, locally grown crops into SMPs. This project spotlight details the status of a new intervention in Nigeria

In Rwanda, researchers seek to improve children’s diets, support smallholder farmers, and foster sustainable, community-driven nutrition interventions. This project spotlight details the status of school nutrition garden interventions in the country.

Through the establishment of climate-smart learning centers on school farms in pastoral Kenya, the project seeks to leverage local agriculture to support SMPs. This project spotlight details the status of the intervention in Kenya.