Building Equitable Climate-Resilient African Bean and Insect Sectors (BRAINS)

Building Equitable Climate-Resilient African Bean and Insect Sectors (BRAINS) aims to foster low-carbon climate-resilient systems and economies in the bean and insect corridors across 15 Sub-Saharan African countries. Project activities include: (1) enhancing climate resilience more equitably among women and youth farmers and value chain actors (2) bringing to scale the adoption of climate-smart agriculture technologies boosting climate resilience across targeted production systems and (3) building a pipeline of enterprises investing in carbon-neutral climate-resilient and gender-responsive business development aligning with emerging climate finance sector goals. The project directly benefits 10 million people (women and girls represent 60%) and 50 million people indirectly.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced climate resilience leadership and agency among women and youth participants of bean and insect production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa; (2) increased adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies and nature-positive solutions boosting the climate resilience of bean and insect production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa; and (3) enhanced pipeline of enterprises investing in carbon friendly climate-resilient and gender-responsive business development aligned with sustainable financing goals.