The FORQLAB living lab (2022-2024) focused on practice-oriented research. The document "CHAIN INTERVENTIONS FOR FOOD WASTE REDUCTION AND MILK QUALITY IN THE KENYAN DAIRY VALUE CHAIN" contains an ADVISORY REPORT and all RESEARCH PRACTICE BRIEFS from staff and students of Van Hall Larenstein uas, AERES uas and Egerton University

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Trevor Madeya is an outreach officer working in GIZ across two food systems projects in Malawi. Trevor joined the 2025 food systems e-course and writes this blog to convey how food systems governance is a leverage point to achieve healthier diets for everyone across our food systems.

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Who Sits at the Table: Can Local Government Structures Drive a Food Systems Revolution?

Thiong Achol Thiong, a young agronomist from South Sudan, works with ZOA Dorcas as a PHARUS Project Officer. A participant in the 2025 food systems e-course, Thiong believes unlocking youth potential and reshaping attitudes should be a national priority. In this insightful blog, he shares the challenges and opportunities facing youth in South Sudan – alongside his own experience in contributing to local food systems.

Unlocking Potential: What Holds Back Youth is not Poverty, But Mindset

A Bridge Between Food and Finance – Building on the Nairobi Learning Event

In Kenya financial services play a vital role in transforming food systems to become more sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient. Yet access to appropriate finance remains a key bottleneck, especially for youth, smallholder farmers, and innovative agri-entrepreneurs.

Building on the learning event in Nairobi (April 2025), actors from Kenyan financial institutions—both public and private—are invited to join the Community of Practice (CoP) on Finance for Sustainable Food Systems. This CoP offers a space for joint learning, innovation, and collaboration to tackle real challenges in food systems finance.

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24 Teams of the 2025 Food Systems Innovation Challenge Announced!

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Verslag Informatie­bijeenkomst: ‘Volgende stappen in beleidsvorming over voedselzekerheid’

Majur Chuti Achiek, a young and passionate climate justice advocate, works as Food Systems Officer with ZOA-Dorcas South Sudan. Through the Accelerating Food Systems Resilience in Africa (ARFSA) project and other community support initiatives, he contributes to South Sudan’s food systems transformation. As the 2025 food systems e-course participant, Majur reflects on a new fish preservation method that has boosted fish exports in South Sudan – but at a serious environmental cost that threatens the near future.

When Preservation Pollutes: Sustainability Challenges in South Sudan’s Fishing Industry

Fatuma Abdi is Gender Inclusion & Advocacy Officer at CARE International in Kenya. She is the gender lead for the Resilient Arid land Partnership for Integrated Development Program (RAPID+). Participant of the 2025 food systems e-course, Fatuma - in this blog - brings a unique perspective to food systems transformation – a religious lens.

Is Your Faith on the Menu? What do religions and food systems have in common?

Dortea Nakandjibi, a Namibian Agricultural Economist with a strong passion for food systems transformation, is founder and director of Youth Agripreneurs Development Initiative. She is currently a market research assistant at the Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia.  Participant of the 2025 food systems e-course, Dortea reflects in this blog how the food systems e-course reshaped her understanding of agriculture, governance, and equity – and why small, local shifts can create ripples of lasting change.

Small Shifts, Big Ripples: Food Systems Transformation from the Ground Up

Victor Bill Kamadi is a Technical Resilience Livelihoods Advisor at Save the Children International (SCI) in Kenya. His work uses data-driven, context-relevant, and community-driven solutions to design and implement food security and livelihoods projects in fragile contexts. Kamadi participated in the 2025 food systems e-course and wrote this blog to share how food system governance can connect knowledge, policy, and practice.

Kenya’s Food Insecurity: The Disconnect Between Knowledge, Governance, and Practice

Franklin Ondego is a food systems enthusiast with commitment towards consumer food safety. He works at Kenya’s Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) as Regulations and Compliance intern, enforcing horticulture standards. Franklin participated in the 2025 food systems e-course. He writes this blog to tell us why agroecology might just be the path back to resilience.

Rooted in Resilience: Agroecology as Pathway to Sustainable Food Systems

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