CIfED is seeking funding opportunities to implement their strategy with focus in agro-processing and value addition upstream the agricultural value chain. There is need to build the capacity of households to scale up production and processing, expand the distribution and marketing channels to meet the growing demand. The business is viable and has a tremendous long term potential to increase food production and achieve food security, impart production skills and increase overall agricultural productivity hence making farmers more competitive in the world markets and promoting intra-regional trade. CIfED’s programs have the potential of increasing rural income levels and the livelihood of millions of farmers in the region and most importantly restoration of the degraded landscape.