Project profile — Building Equitable Climate-Resilient African Bean and Insect Sectors (BRAINS)

• South of Sahara, regional (100.00%)

• Basic Health: Basic nutrition (12240) (20.00%)
• Agricultural extension:
Agricultural extension (31166) (10.00%)
Agricultural research (31182) (20.00%)
Plant and post-harvest protection and pest control (31192) (10.00%)
• Industry: Agro-industries (32161) (20.00%)
• General Environmental Protection: Bio-diversity (41030) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (principal objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (significant objective)
• Biodiversity (significant objective)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (principal objective)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

Building Equitable Climate-Resilient African Bean and Insect Sectors (BRAINS) aims to foster low-carbon, climate-resilient systems and economies in the bean and insect corridors across 15 Sub-Saharan African countries. Project activities include: (1) enhancing climate resilience more equitably among women and youth farmers and value chain actors, (2) bringing to scale the adoption of climate-smart agriculture technologies boosting climate resilience across targeted production systems, and (3) building a pipeline of enterprises investing in carbon-neutral, climate-resilient, and gender-responsive business development aligning with emerging climate finance sector goals. The project directly benefits 10 million people (women and girls represent 60%) and 50 million people indirectly.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced climate resilience, leadership and agency among women and youth participants of bean and insect production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa; (2) increased adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies and nature-positive solutions boosting the climate resilience of bean and insect production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa; and (3) enhanced pipeline of enterprises investing in carbon friendly, climate-resilient and gender-responsive business development aligned with sustainable financing goals.

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• Related activities: Building Equitable Climate-Resilient African Bean & Insect Sectors (BRAINS) - Monitoring