From food waste to nutrition: Feeding people, not landfills
Every day, tonnes of fresh fruits and vegetables arrive in Nairobi’s informal markets. Yet, before much of this food reaches consumers, a significant portion goes to waste due to poor storage, transport challenges, market gluts, and inadequate infrastructure.
- food security
- food systems
- nutrition
- Kenya
From food waste to nutrition: Feeding people, not landfills
Every day, tonnes of fresh fruits and vegetables arrive in Nairobi’s informal markets. Yet, before much of this food reaches consumers, a significant portion goes to waste due to poor storage, transport challenges, market gluts, and inadequate infrastructure.
At the same time, thousands of vulnerable people, including children in homes, students in informal schools, and low-income households, struggle to access healthy and nutritious meals.
This paradox sits at the heart of one of Kenya’s biggest food system challenges: food loss and waste alongside rising food and nutrition insecurity.
A new partnership between FoodBanking Kenya (FBK) and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT under the CGIAR Better Diets and Nutrition Science Program, is working to change that narrative by turning rescued food into measurable nutrition impact.