A farmers’ group providing nutritious leafy vegetables is gaining a reputation in their community and beyond Assisted by Small Grants Initiative funding through the Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE) project, a number of enterprising food producers in the region of Busia County, Kenya, are finding deserved success Back in 2019, in a remote area …
Agroecology experts agree on the importance of women and youth in transforming food systems. A new conference format recently offered a stage on which to present NICE. Together with partners, we’re using this project to improve nutrition in cities. The first Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference took place recently in Nairobi, Kenya. More than 500 participants …
Assisted by Small Grants Initiative funding, piloted by the Foundation and supported by the Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE) project, a number of enterprising food producers in the region of Bungoma County, Kenya, are finding deserved success. Lennson Mumo’s passion for poultry farming began in boyhood when he used to watch his parents rearing local kienyeji chickens. …
NICE brings together urban dwellers, farmers, producers, and other food system players for the World Food Day 2023 commemoration in Bungoma County in line with the theme of water conservation. World Food Day is celebrated worldwide on October 16th to raise awareness of food production and the importance of promoting food security. This year’s theme …
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NICE was featured in The East African’s “The Next Big Thing is Africa” quarterly journal, focusing on promoting resilient agriculture in East Africa for its June 2023 edition. Access the whole special issue here: https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/resource/blob/4277126/45474a2510b4f4883544ad4d09d6a88f/pdf-data.pdf)
The NICE Project aims to improve nutrition in urban, peri-urban, and rural areas, by shaping urban-rural food environments and informing national and local policies. In Kenya, a high-level meeting with key policymakers was recently held at Acacia Premier Hotel in Kisumu on the 17th of May 2023. The meeting was graced by key policymakers from …
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Improving nutrition and health in secondary cities like Bungoma and Busia is a key goal of the NICE project. The project conducted a social marketing campaign called “Tuelimike” through activations in schools, clinics, markets and among small-scale farmers. The Tuelimike campaign, which translates to “Let us be Informed/Educated,” took place in Bungoma and Busia cities in Kenya …
The NICE project has been showcased as an example from the nutrition sector at the Private Sector Mechanism Gender Roundtable on Business Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in Food System arranged by the International Agri-Food Network (IAFN) and the Private Sector Mechanism of the Committee on World Food Security, hold virtually on …
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