RE-GAIN: Scaling solutions for food loss in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa faces unprecedented opportunities and challenges for agricultural transformation, driven by the demands of a rapidly growing population and a changing climate. The effects of climate change are already severe in Africa, exacerbating the continent’s food insecurity and climate vulnerability challenges.  To address these challenges, RE-GAIN aims to strengthen smallholder farmers' climate resilience and adaptive capacity by promoting the wide-scale adoption of food loss reduction solutions (FL-RS). This involves engaging both the demand and supply sides, with a strong emphasis on market creation and enhancement and active participation from the private sector. Key activities will include increasing the demand for and encouraging the adoption of FL-RS by farmers in seven countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia), enhancing the supply and affordability of FL-RS, and fostering an enabling environment for its large-scale adoption. As GCF’s first project targeting food loss reduction, this initiative holds significant potential for transformative change in Africa. It was brought under the Project-Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA), an initiative to streamline and broaden access to GCF finance for new partners, countries, and technologies. GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF) support was deployed to help develop the project.