CEFA contracted Jidi to support the development of Gender Training materials and tools and facilitate training for CEFA AGRI-CONNECT staff and partners, and representatives from 35 cooperatives from the three target districts. The AGRI-CONNECT program, within the framework of the EU funded project, “Improving income and nutrition of smallholder tea farmers in Southern Tanzania”

considered the need to develop “tools for Gender equality and Youth inclusion.” This action is aimed at promoting the inclusiveness, productivity, competitiveness, and resilience of smallholder tea farming while fostering sustainable livelihood, nutrition, and gender equality, among tea farming families in Southern Tanzania.