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The Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) welcomed the Government of New Zealand as a new partner with its multi-year commitment of NZD 6.8 million to support smallholder farmers across Africa, with NZD 4.2 million committed to Rwanda from 2020-2023.
The contribution provided through the World Food Programme (WFP) will enable WFP to scale up its support over the next 3 years targeting 200,000 smallholder farmers in rural areas across Rwanda while working to sustainably transform agricultural markets to become more efficient, resilient, and profitable.
Through FtMA Rwanda, smallholder farmers are supported with a range of services to promote farming as a business, use of improved inputs, and enhancing crop post-harvest management. Smallholder farmers and their cooperatives are then linked to formal financial services that allows them to scale-up and enhance their production. Once crops are harvested, cooperatives are linked directly to public and private sector formal off-takers to sell th
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The Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) proudly welcomes the Government of New Zealand as a new partner with its generous multi-year commitment of NZD 6,800,000 million to support smallholder farmers across Africa, with NZD 4,200,000 committed to Rwanda from 2020-2023.
The contribution provided through the World Food Programme (WFP) will enable WFP to scale up its support over the next 3 years targeting 200,000 smallholder farmers in rural areas across Rwanda while working to sustainably transform agricultural markets to become more efficient, resilient and profitable.
“New Zealand is proud to partner with the Farm to Market Alliance. This partnership will support lifting smallholder farmers in Rwanda out of poverty while also transforming regional food systems for longer-term sustainability and food security,” said Olivia Owen, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of New Zealand to Rwanda.
WFP Kenya Country Brief, October 2020
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US$ 5.7m cash-based transfers made
US$ 80.2 m six months (November 2020− April 2021) net funding requirements
1,029,930 people assisted in October 2020
Operational Updates
COVID Response
WFP continues to complement the Government of Kenya’s response to the COVID-19 situation. In October 2020, WFP expanded its cash-based COVID-19 response in Mombasa in collaboration with Mombasa County and the National Government targeting 96,000 residents from low-income areas who had not yet been targeted by the Government or other humanitarian partners with cash transfers and nutritional support. Training of health workers in nutrition and commodity management was completed and the first disbursement of the cash transfers completed.