Agriculture and nutrition are two major components of food systems and this is the reason why Farm Concern International (FCI) is developing innovations to link the two, as it is evident that to have a wealthy and healthy community agriculture and nutrition cannot be mutually exclusive. Malnutrition continues to be a major challenge in Africa and many other parts of the world with majority of those affected being communities in rural areas, among them thousands of farming communities.

Agriculture in Africa lays emphasis on increased production through good farming practices with little or no attention paid to nutrition aspects. Developing innovations to link the two has been FCI's main objective in ongoing interventions. FCI has been in the forefront to:

Against the backdrop of the African Green Revolution Forum 2012 in September, Farm Concern International (FCI) was privileged to host two eminent guests in Mbuguni, Tanzania, a Cassava Village Processing Programme (CVPP) site which is implemented with the support of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
FCI Director for Strategy and Innovations, Mumbi Kimathi shares her insights into the encounter with Kofi Annan, the Chair of AGRA and Melinda Gates, Co –Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Kofi Annan and Melinda Gates have a deep and genuine interest in the status of the poor, in particular the smallholder farmer who is the key focus of FCI's commercialization and market development interventions in Africa.