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Financing the Future of Food - Learning Event Kenya

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April 3, 2025

08:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Africa/Nairobi)

On location

Nairobi, Kenya

Event by NFP, Rabobank, Foresight4Food

The food systems concept is relatively recent, having been given prominence by the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. The Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP), Equity Bank, Foresight4Food and Rabobank feel that providing financial actors with insight into the concept of food systems transformation and specifically focussing on the current and potential future role of the financial sector (public, private and blended) in these transformation processes, could benefit both the financial sector and other relevant stakeholders in the transformation.

NFP, in cooperation with Foresight4Food, IFAD, FAO and Rabobank Partnerships, will organise a series of Learning Events in Kenya in 2025, preferably one per quarter in 2025. The events aim to convene public- and private-financial and relevant non-financial players currently active in the Kenyan agri-food sector, looking into existing food system transformation scenarios. For the first learning event, the food system transformation scenario of Nakuru County (currently being implemented by Foresight4food, IFAD…..) can be used as an example. Also, other counties can serve as a case during the following events.

The objectives of the learning events are:

> Bring together public- and private-financial and relevant non-financial players in the agri-food sector who wish to learn about and exchange on: ‘finance as a driver of Kenyan food system transformation’.

> Outline the key aspects of a food systems approach.

> Identify key issues and opportunities related to the future of financing of food systems transformation

> Establish a forward agenda for financing the future of food in Kenya, where possible supported by NFP.

Contact persons

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Babette Bodlaender

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Lisette van Benthum

NFP Coalition Builder

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