A regional hub for exchanges, partnership building and South-South Cooperation, the Regional Centre of Excellence against Hunger and Malnutrition (CERFAM) is the result of a partnership between the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the World Food Programme (WFP) to support African countries in their national efforts to develop and implement sustainable policies and programmes to achieve Zero Hunger (SDG2) and combat all forms of malnutrition in line with the 2030 Agenda.
Officially launched in March 2019, CERFAM is WFP’s first Centre of Excellence in Africa, following WFP’s previous successful experiences in Brazil and China. CERFAM aims to support and leverage efforts aimed at accelerating the achievement of SDG2 while simultaneously responding to national Governments and regional institutions’ growing demands for capacity strengthening, technical expertise, knowledge management and South-South cooperation, especially in the areas of home-grown school feeding, post- harvest losses, nutrition interventions, community resilience and agricultural development.
To this end, CERFAM facilitates and mobilizes high-level expertise and promotes solutions to combat hunger and malnutrition through proven practices, innovative approaches and pioneering networks and communities of practice connecting national, regional and international stakeholders.