Across many African communities, smallholder farmers face persistent challenges including post-harvest losses, limited access to markets, inadequate processing infrastructure, and low returns from agricultural production. Women farmers are particularly affected due to limited access to technology, finance, storage facilities, and structured markets.
In Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria, agricultural producers lose significant portions of their harvest due to inadequate preservation and processing systems. At the same time, vulnerable women—including widows, single mothers, and survivors of gender-based violence—face limited livelihood opportunities, while many children experience challenges accessing nutritious meals.
This creates a cycle where farmers produce food but struggle to earn sustainable incomes, communities experience food insecurity, and valuable agricultural resources are wasted.
HER Africa developed the Farm to Fork Initiative as an integrated solution that connects farmers, food processing, women’s empowerment, school feeding, and local markets into one sustainable food system.
The initiative will contribute to:
improved food security;
reduced agricultural waste;
increased farmer incomes;
women's economic empowerment;
improved child nutrition;
climate-resilient food systems;
sustainable employment creation.
The Farm to Fork Innovation Hub demonstrates that locally led innovation, combined with appropriate technology and inclusive partnerships, can transform Africa's agrifood systems from production-focused models into sustainable value chains.
HER Africa will implement a robust Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) framework to track project performance, ensure accountability, and measure outcomes against agreed objectives and indicators. A baseline assessment will be conducted at project inception to establish benchmark data, followed by routine monitoring, a mid-term review, and a final evaluation to assess project effectiveness, impact, and sustainability.
Progress will be monitored through regular field visits, beneficiary registration records, school feeding records, farmer procurement records, training attendance, household surveys, and stakeholder consultations. Data will be disaggregated by sex, age, and disability to ensure equitable participation and informed decision-making.
HER Africa will submit monthly progress updates, quarterly narrative and financial reports, and a comprehensive final report detailing achievements, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations. Joint monitoring visits with the World Food Programme, relevant government agencies, and community representatives will be conducted periodically to verify results and strengthen programme quality.
HER Africa is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting disadvantaged women and girls in Nigeria.
We believe that when women are given access to opportunity, education, and dignified work, entire families and communities are strengthened.
Children and families rely heavily on women. In our programs, many women support their parents, care for children, or provide the only stable income in their household. By investing in women and girls, we create long-term, generational change. HER Africa supports women and communities in Nigeria through practical projects that create opportunity, dignity, and long-term change.
