المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

The University of Eldoret, formerly Chepkoilel University College is in a Peri-urban set-up and we have developed a value chain which shortens the distance between producer, vendor and consumer of vegetables, fruits and cereals for the sorrounding community, including the student population. This lessens costs on transport for both producer and street vendor and makes commodities more affordable whilst lessening the loss of nutrients and that may occur due to excessive postharvest handling, and shortens the carbon loop. The sellers feed their waste back into the University gardening project in which students from the sorrounding schools participate in producing, processing, packaging and selling of produce the vendors. The consumers enjoy the products which are hygienically made and the demand is very high, necessitating an expansion of the project.