Our approach
A new way of working to transform food and energy systems from the ground up
Across Africa, agri-food and energy are still treated as separate systems with their own challenges. The Power for Food Partnership takes a different approach. We treat agri-food and energy as deeply connected systems, where progress in one unlocks opportunities in the other. This is what we call the RA-PURE nexus.
Our approach is rooted in systems transformation thinking. It is locally driven, adaptive, and focused on building the conditions for change to spread and take root, not just in pilot areas, but at scale across Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.
How we work: Learn, Link, and Leverage
We work through three interconnected pathways to drive lasting change at national, regional, and global levels.
We Learn by generating evidence from real-world practice and exchanging knowledge across the partnership.
We Link by bringing together farmers, businesses, investors, researchers, and policymakers to grow a movement for systems change.
We Leverage that collective momentum to embed regenerative agriculture and renewable energy into policies, investments, and practice across the region.
Learn
We learn from what is actually happening in the field, generate evidence, and make these insights and knowledge available to everyone who can use it. Through rapid learning cycles, peer-to-peer exchange, and practical resources developed with and for our partners, we build a clearer picture of what works at the RA-PURE nexus across countries and contexts. By sharing successes and failures alike, we grow the collective knowledge needed to drive change at scale.
Link
We bring together smallholder farmers, agribusinesses, investors, researchers, civil society, and policymakers to co-create solutions and grow the movement for systems change. By creating connections across sectors and borders, demonstrating what practical implementation looks like, and helping more people see the value of integrating regenerative agriculture with renewable energy, we make the RA-PURE approach something that organisations and people actively choose to adopt.
Leverage
We work to embed RA-PURE thinking into policies, investment decisions, and practice at national, regional, and global levels. By amplifying the voices of farmers and those most often left out of policy and investment conversations, and by aligning with existing national and regional priorities, we help create the conditions for lasting, systemic change: change that outlasts the Partnership itself.
Strengthening food systems across East Africa
The Power for Food Partnership is built for the long term. Rather than short-term project implementation, it is designed to build outward from country-level programming to regional and global influence. By co-creating with partners, supporting local champions, and drawing on multi-sector expertise and networks, we are working to make regenerative food systems powered by renewable energy the norm across East Africa.
Central to this ambition is the recognition that change is non-linear. Different actors across food and energy systems are at different stages of the journey, and we tailor our approach accordingly, from supporting early movers to shaping the policies, markets, and systems that determine what is possible at scale.
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