IFDC

IFDC is counting down to this year’s Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF), and we’re pleased to share that our President and CEO Henk van Duijn will be in attendance in Kigali, Rwanda!

Henk will join other visionary leaders at the world's premier forum for African agriculture as they aim to scale up the continent's efforts to build healthier, more inclusive, sustainable, resilient, and equitable food systems.

If you’re also attending the AFSF 2026 and you’re interested in the power of restoring soil health for more vibrant food systems, make sure to connect with us at the event.

The Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health for West Africa and Sahel, through IFDC, is seeking proposals from qualified software development firms to enhance the Fertilizer and Seed Recommendations Map for West Africa (FeSeRWAM) platform.

The selected firm will design and implement a centralized database architecture that ensures real-time or near real-time synchronization across the web application, mobile application, and administrative portal.

The firm will also upgrade the FeSeRWAM platform by integrating new technical and analytical functionalities that improve technical guidance and economic transparency as well as the relevance, usability, precision, and impact of agro-input packages.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, August 9th.

Learn more and submit your proposal today: https://ifdc.org/2026/07/23/request-for-proposals-feserwam-platform-enhancement-and-database-centralization/

Sustainable change is a matter for the entire community.

From July 22 to 30, the established the GESI Champions Groups—groups of community champions who will work to ensure more equitable participation by women, youth, people with disabilities, and other often underrepresented groups.

Through community dialogues, awareness-raising activities, and participatory monitoring, these champions will help to:
- Strengthen gender equality;
- Foster inclusive watershed governance;
- Improve equitable access to training, technologies, and opportunities offered by the program;
- Promote communities that are more united and resilient in the face of climate challenges.

Together, let’s make inclusion a driving force for sustainably restoring landscapes and improving communities’ livelihoods.

The Soil Values program will host the side event, “Investing Below Ground: Growing Africa from the Soil Up,” during the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Bringing together policymakers, researchers, development partners, and agricultural leaders, the event will highlight how investments in soil health, innovation, partnerships, and scalable solutions can restore degraded soils, improve productivity, and strengthen resilient food systems across Africa.

Through knowledge sharing and dialogue, participants will explore how healthy soils can serve as the foundation for sustainable agricultural transformation and long-term food security across the continent.

📅 September 3, 2026
📍 Kigali Convention Centre (KCC), Kigali, Rwanda
⏰ 06:00 – 07:30 AM GMT / 08:00 – 09:30 AM CAT (Rwanda time)



SNV | Wageningen University & Research | AGRA-Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems. | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) | International Water Management Institute (IWMI) | ISRIC - World Soil Information | Landscape Alliance Global

"𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀."

Tomé Armando André, leader of the Barimpasa Association, says that training provided by the Triple Resilience (3R) program has enabled farmers to increase their production and diversify their crops.

Barimpasa Association has also strengthened its community savings plan, which now helps families invest in their children's education, improve their homes, and develop small businesses.

"When we see our production increase and are able to invest in our families, we realize that knowledge makes all the difference. Today, we feel better prepared for the future."

Find out more about the 3R program: https://ifdc.org/projects/triple-resilience-3r/

According to a recent United Nations (UN) assessment, global hunger has begun to decline.

However, geopolitical tensions, trade disruptions, and increasingly severe weather events threaten to reverse recent gains.

In our latest Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin, discover the need for coordinated action, including keeping global food and agricultural trade corridors open while also accelerating investment in resilient agrifood systems.

Read the Bulletin now: https://ifdc.org/2026/08/04/fertilizer-crisis-response-bulletin23-anticipating-el-nino-impacts-markets-trade-and-preparedness/

Have you heard about the Bundle Box approach?

Recently launched in Côte d’Ivoire, this innovative approach is designed to bring together quality inputs with technical, financial, digital, climate, and market services within a single offer, co-created by Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health for West Africa and the Sahel partners, implemented by each respectively, and tailored to the specific needs of producers across various agricultural value chains.

Find out more: https://ifdc.org/2026/07/31/from-service-coordination-to-value-chain-transformation-laying-the-ground-work-for-bundle-boxes/

Restoring soil health is essential to building resilient food systems, but it requires more than improved farming practices. It calls for innovation, strategic partnerships, and sustained investments that empower farmers to adopt sustainable soil health solutions at scale.

Join Soil Values at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) 2026, from August 31 to September 4 in Kigali, Rwanda, to discover how healthy soils are driving sustainable agricultural transformation across the continent.

Funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Soil Values program will showcase practical innovations and collaborative approaches that are restoring soils, improving productivity, and strengthening resilient food systems across Africa.



SNV | Wageningen University & Research | AGRA-Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems. | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) | ISRIC - World Soil Information | International Water Management Institute (IWMI) | Landscape Alliance Global

IFDC is heading to the The Africa Food Systems Forum - AGRF 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda, from 31st August to 4th September, under the theme:

"Investing in Africa's Agri-Food Systems: Nourishing Nations, Growing Jobs, Building Resilience."

This year, our participation carries extra weight. AFSF 2026 arrives at a defining moment for IFDC, as our vision for the future of African agriculture takes center stage. Expect to see us show up in a big way, with a dedicated space to connect and collaborate, a platform for deeper conversations on what's next for agri-food systems, and a moment where we'll share more about the road ahead for our organization.

If you're building solutions for farmers, soil health, market systems, or resilient food systems across Africa, this is where we look forward to meeting you.

Everything we do comes down to one simple purpose: we fuel the farmer, feed the soil, and foster the future!

Stay tuned for more details on our participation.