Articles - The Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT)

GESI Full Report September 2025

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The Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) project placed a strategic emphasis on integrating gender equality, youth empowerment, and social inclusion (GESI) across its interventions in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. As part of its inclusive business approach, the project aimed to ensure that Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices and technologies are responsive to the specific needs and constraints of women, youth, and other marginalized groups.

This evaluation focused on the effectiveness and impact of the Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) project's Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) interventions across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The evaluation responds directly to the Terms of Reference; identifying effective interventions, exploring unintended outcomes, and offering strategic insights for future programming. Specifically, it assesses how GESI-oriented activities contributed to improved access to agricultural inputs and services, reductions in women's labor burdens, increased decision-making autonomy, enhanced livelihoods, and strengthened climate resilience for women, youth, female-headed, and youth-headed farming households.

GESI Synthesis Report

online@crafteastafrica.org (CRAFT Online) — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:01:19 +0300

This executive summary provides an overview of the assessment of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) interventions under the Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) project, implemented in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Commissioned by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, this evaluation assesses the effectiveness, both intended and unintended, of GESI-oriented interventions focusing on improving participation, leadership, voice, service access, inter-household power relations, and economic resilience among women, youth, female-headed households, and youth-headed households.

This evaluation draws on a mixed-methods design combining quantitative surveys, qualitative focus group discussions (FGDs), key informant interviews (KIIs), and institutional assessments conducted across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

CRAFT Impact Stories- Kenya

online@crafteastafrica.org (CRAFT Online) — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:56:01 +0300

Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Implementation Plan Sensitization and Capacity Building Workshop Report

online@crafteastafrica.org (CRAFT Online) — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:06:19 +0300

Kenya continues to be highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, due to its overreliance on rainfed agriculture and poor adoption of climate-smart production practices. Moreover, most of the population derives its livelihood from climate-sensitive natural resources. Therefore, building resilience to climate change by deploying financial resources for adaptation and mitigation interventions remain a priority for national
and county governments. The government of Kenya’s focus has been on climate finance— which is currently localized—particularly on investments that benefit vulnerable communities. This has been effected through the establishment of the County Climate Change Funds (CCCFs), through which certain counties have enabled access to climate finance by mainstreaming climate-change adaptation into local planning and budgeting. Furthermore, the CCCFs have provided a platform for tapping into blended climate finance from multilateral
development banks, the private sector, and international climate funds. The Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) program complements the ongoing efforts by financing climate resilience actions and
increasing the climate risk management capacities of county governments. Nonetheless, there is a need to build stakeholders’— including those from the national and county governments—capacity on exploring and managing financial resources for climate-change adaptation and mitigation actions, and deliver on community-led climate adaptation and mitigation interventions.

CRAFT BC profiles booklet

online@crafteastafrica.org (CRAFT Online) — Mon, 05 May 2025 12:10:06 +0300

SNV CRAFT Report on Regional Learning Event

online@crafteastafrica.org (CRAFT Online) — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:44:28 +0300

Uganda Best practices potato, soybean, sunflower

online@crafteastafrica.org (CRAFT Online) — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:37:56 +0300

Uganda Success Stories

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Here is a collective from Uganda on what our farmers have been upto.

CRAFT Success stories From Tanzania

online@crafteastafrica.org (CRAFT Online) — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:31:43 +0300

The Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) project is transforming agriculture in Tanzania by equipping smallholder farmers with climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices. Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by SNV Netherlands Development Organization alongside Wageningen University, CCAFS, Agriterra, and Rabobank Partnerships, CRAFT focuses on building resilient food systems to withstand climate change challenges.

To date, CRAFT has trained over 76,000 Tanzanian smallholder farmers, with 90% adopting at least two CSA practices, which has significantly boosted income for over 40,000 farmers. By working closely with the private and public sectors, the project fosters stronger connections across the value chain, enhancing food security, income generation, and sustainability for crops like potatoes, beans, sorghum, and sunflowers.

Ulimwengu wa Mkulima (Farmers World) October 2021 Volume 10 Magazine

online@crafteastafrica.org (CRAFT Online) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:49:30 +0300