So you work with informality? Here is a serious game for you!
Serious fun at the testplay at AFS forum Dakar
The Food for All game is designed as an eye-opener exercise that helps design inclusive programming of food system interventions. We are now looking for five development partners in Africa that want to play the Food for All game as part of their programming on informality. Curious to learn more, and interested in using this game in your work? Please reach out to us for further details.
NFP partners with SNV and Wageningen UR on the topic of informality in the food economy. Many people in low-income countries rely on informal food systems for cheap food and livelihoods. Efforts to formalise these systems are often justified by concerns over food safety, labour rights, and taxation. At the same time, these efforts can also push informal actors out of the market and make food less affordable. This partnership takes a more collaborative approach. The partners aim for constructive engagement with informal agrifood markets and actors, recognising what informal food systems already do well and focusing on building trust for inclusive design of interventions.
Food for All is a collaborative game for 2 to 4 players who take on roles as informal and formal actors. Players must collaborate towards a shared goal: food security and community stability. The game presents different scenarios that aim to trigger discussion on working with informality. Food for All was designed by Kucheza Gaming Studios from Lagos and two Dutch experts on educational games.
Author
Wim Goris
partnership builder
