RE-GAIN: Scaling solutions for food loss in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa faces unprecedented opportunities and challenges for agricultural transformation, driven by the demands of a rapidly growing population and a changing climate. The effects of climate change are already severe in Africa, exacerbating the continent’s food insecurity and climate vulnerability challenges.
To address these challenges, RE-GAIN aims to strengthen smallholder farmers' climate resilience and adaptive capacity by promoting the wide-scale adoption of food loss reduction solutions (FL-RS). This involves engaging both the demand and supply sides, with a strong emphasis on market creation and enhancement and active participation from the private sector.
Key activities will include increasing the demand for and encouraging the adoption of FL-RS by farmers in seven countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia), enhancing the supply and affordability of FL-RS, and fostering an enabling environment for its large-scale adoption.
As GCF’s first project targeting food loss reduction, this initiative holds significant potential for transformative change in Africa. It was brought under the Project-Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA), an initiative to streamline and broaden access to GCF finance for new partners, countries, and technologies.
GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF) support was deployed to help develop the project.
Project timeline
Pipeline
23 Aug 2023 • 548 days
Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval
23 Aug 2023
Concept note received
16 Sep 2024
Funding proposal received
17 Feb 2025
Cleared by iTAP
20 Feb 2025
Approved
20 Feb 2025 • 43 days so far
Approved by GCF Board
20 Feb 2025
FAA effective
20 Feb 2025
FAA executed
25 Feb 2025
Under implementation
To be completed
19 Oct 2025
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Financing
- Private sector
- Public sector
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Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
GCF financing15% disbursed
Instrument | Amount |
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Grant | USD 75,623,754 |
Total GCF Financing |
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USD 75,623,754 |
Co-financing
Co-financer | Instrument | Amount |
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Co-Financing | Grant | USD 29,376,246 |
Total Co-Financing |
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USD 29,376,246 |
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Entity
AGRA
More contacts
National Designated Authority
Prime Ministry
Policy Officer
Policy Officer
Ministry of Planning and Development
Director, Economic Analysis and Policy
Gulele Sub-city, Woreda 1, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The National Treasury
Principal Secretary
Treasury Building 12th Floor, Harambee Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya
Programme Manager, National Coordination (FLLoCA)
Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Finance
Environmental Affairs Department
Director
Environmental Affairs Department Private Bag 394 Lilongwe 3, Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
Vice President's Office
Permanent Secretary
Principal Forest Officer, UNFCCC National Focal Point
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
Permanent Secretary / Secretary to the Treasury
Ag. Director Debt and Cash Policy
Ag. Commissioner, Development Assistance and Regional Cooperation Department
Head, Climate Finance Unit
Ministry of Green Economy and Environment
National Coordinator
Environmental Specialist Readiness Support
Documents
Title | Type | Date |
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Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP257: RE-GAIN: Scaling solutions for food loss in Africa | Environmental and Social Safeguards report | 10 Jan 2025 |
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