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Foodtank, the Food Think Tank co-founded by Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson, has put together a list of 40 organisations that are ‘shaking the food system’. They are highlighting organisations they feel are doing invaluable work to change the way we eat, grow, cook, buy, and sell food.

We very pleased that Foodtank is recognising the contribution of the AIFSC to improving food security, particularly in our focus countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The AIFSC supported its project leaders to attend the Crawford Fund Masterclass titled Communicating with Stakeholders at the ILRI campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the 21st to the 26th of April. The project leaders networked with colleagues from different organisations in Eastern and Southern Africa but most importantly, bonded with other AIFSC project leaders and AIFSC staff member, Liz Ogutu.

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in collaboration with the the Regional Economic Communities (REC’s) in Central and Eastern Africa, the East, Central and Southern African Health Community (ECSA-HC), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Development Partners, participated in the East and Central Africa CAADP Nutrition Capacity Development Workshop from 25 February to 1 March, 2013 in Dar es

The majority of the world’s rural poor rely on raising livestock for their day to day living. Livestock contribute to both poverty alleviation and food security. 70-80% of rural households in southern and eastern Africa raise poultry. Poultry meat and eggs provide high quality protein and micronutrients that are more easily taken up by the human body than plant based nutrients. They also provide cash income to purchase food. These benefits are of notable significance to vulnerable community members such as growing children and people infected with HIV.