PFS expands partnership to improve food security in Africa

THE NONPROFIT Partners in Food Solutions (PFS), a consortium of General Mills, Cargill and DSM, has sealed a deal with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand the reach of the technical and business expertise it provides to small and growing food processors in sub-Saharan Africa.

Under this agreement, Solutions to African Food Enterprises (SAFE), USAID and PFS will bring expertise, knowledge and resources to the continent’s food processing sector. PFS will provide over $8 million in resources, leveraging almost $7 million in funding from USAID. This public-private partnership – implemented by TechnoServe and part of the US government’s ‘Feed the Future and Global Health’ initiatives – will continue to help improve African food security.

This partnership will work to expand capital and market access to the processors. To sustain and scale these results across the sector, PFS will develop and share best practices in food processing with African organisations who will support further sector development after PFS support ends. By the end of the five-year effort, the partnership will have strengthened an entire industry.