WFP is partnering with the Mastercard Foundation (MCF) for a five-year 130 million USD partnership titled ‘. This partnership, which aims to strengthen local food systems and making them more efficient, sustainable and inclusive for youth, in particular young women, will be implemented in eight Country Offices, in three different regions: East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda); Southern Africa (Tanzania, Mozambique) and West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal). In each of these countries, the programme will adopt an integrated value chain approach to implement context-specific interventions aimed at reaching the following outcomes:

• Young people, especially women, have improved employment opportunities along the value chain

• Smallholder farmers, especially youth and women, increase the value of their sales, resulting in improved income

• Smallholder farmers, especially youth and women, reduce post-harvest losses and improve the quality for targeted crops