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The Green Innovation Centres coordinate its activities with local ministries and cooperate with programmes under the One World - No Hunger initiative, as well as with bilateral German development cooperation programmes.

Smallholder farms are the focus of the Green Innovation Centres supporting them to sustainably increase their agricultural production and income. A second objective is to generate new jobs in the area of food processing, ensuring that a greater portion of the value added from agricultural production remains in the local area, especially within rural regions.

The Green Innovation Centres promote the expansion of innovations by providing advisory services, organising educational and training courses, and facilitating access to loans. These innovations may be technical in nature, such as mechanisation within agriculture or improved seeds, fertilisers and food cooling chains. In many cases, they focus on new channels for cooperation, such as setting up producer associations, specialised enterprises or interest groups.

Whenever possible, the programme cooperates with existing agricultural schools, knowledge hubs and research institutes, such as the Africa Rice Center or the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. In addition, the Centre for Development Research within the special initiative conducts accompanying international research.

Photo credit: Anton Eitzinger