On Tuesday, 10 May 2016, the Feed the Future Accelerated Value Chains Development (AVCD) program held a regional launch in Kisumu for the western region of the country, which includes Busia, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Migori, Siaya and Vihiga counties. Value chains working in the region include the dairy component, which is led by James Rao of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the drought tolerant crops component led by Patrick Audi of the International Crops for Research Institute for Semi-Arid Areas Tropics (ICRISAT) and the root crops component (OFSP) led by Penina Muoki of the International Potato Center (CIP).

The launch was attended by the mission director of the United States International Agency for International Development, Feed the Future coordinator, the county governors of Homabay, Migori and Kisumu, media and farmer groups and associations.

Later, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 16-17 May 2016, the nutrition component of the Feed the Future Kenya AVCD program held a strategy development workshop in ILRI. The workshop focused on understanding the programs nutrition agenda through sharing the nutrition activities across the four value chains and engaging with partners to learn from similar programs to develop the AVCD nutrition strategy.

See images from the western Kenya launch here.