West and Central African Food Systems Transformation

Research activities: Catalyzing gender-responsive youth entrepreneurship and job creation

This includes using digital support tools to produce healthy value-added food products; reducing post-harvest losses and increasing efficient processing and storage; strengthening SMEs through linking entrepreneurs to credit and insurance services; and building capacity in business for youth and women.

Read about the Initiative’s other focus areas:

• Enabling sustainable intensification and diversification of food production
• Building resilience and reducing climatic risks in smallholder systems
• Developing sustainable landscape management plans and inclusive governance of agro-ecologies
• Integrating and validating gender-transformative scaling readiness