Across Africa, millions of rural farmers grow peanuts and other protein crops — many of them women.
But Processing is distant. Buyers are inconsistent. Post-harvest losses are high. Food safety is fragile. And most of the value leaves rural communities.
The result: • Farmers sell cheaply and irregularly • Unsafe protein circulates in local markets • Communities miss out on processing jobs • Protein remains scarce and expensive
This is not a farming problem. It is an infrastructure problem.