Buy2thrive

02/07/2021

can provide consumers of all incomes important information about the safety of their thanks to applications like AgUnity's platform. Check out the elements of the app in our Agrilinks article published this week.

Empowering consumers with information is essential for driving demand for fruits and vegetables!

A blockchain-based app is helping to increase consumption and demand of African indigenous vegetables (AIV) in western Kenya. ,

28/01/2020

Founder of BUY2THRIVE Jessica Agnew recently had a paper published in the Development Policy Review on whether market-based approaches are viable for addressing nutrition. There are some really great examples of businesses already involved in this work... check it out!!

Motivation Whilst public and civil sector nutrition interventions in low and middle‐income countries have demonstrated positive impacts on nutritional status, micronutrient deficiency remains persis...

01/08/2019

Yesterday was our last day in the communities and it was bittersweet. But this picture shows how education is contagious. When families agreed to participate they only had to have one household member come to each of the weekly sessions. We held group sessions of two households, but as you can see that there are a few more than just two people here 😍😍 We’ve had families where both the mom and the dad committed to coming weekly, families that told us they wished the program was longer, moms who told us they’d miss their weekly time with the students, people insisting that we remember them the next time we do a nutrition program because they want to learn more. I am completely overwhelmed and wishing that we had millions of $$ to reach as many households as possible. But today we start small. And tomorrow we grow ♥️

24/07/2019

Community shop full of nutritious foods 😍

18/07/2019

Week 2 in the B2T communities!

16/07/2019

Today in the communities diet diversity was the hot topic. What about you? Have you had food from every food group today?

15/07/2019

"One of the hardest things we are trying to prove, we are trying to solve complex problems such as health and malnutrition, and to find people that share the same purpose as us" - Crima's AgroForest's Abdul Raufo de Almeida and we couldn't agree more.

This really is a top notch team of enumerator's right here. B2T was lucky to find them! Today's pre-test of the survey went well! Now... on to phase two...🥳

12/07/2019

This right here is a top notch research team. Without them, you’d find me aimlessly wandering the streets of Nampula, using Google Translate to try to speak Portuguese. Find people who share your passion and do a crazy project with them - 10/10 would recommend to a friend. @ Nampula

11/07/2019

Things are off to a strong start this week here in Nampula! Week 1 down, 4 more to go!

This short video captures the beginning of Jessica Agnew's PhD research focused on Consumer Demand for Nutritious Foods in Mozambique. Learn more here: https...

17/06/2019

Some fun facts about Nampula: The city of Nampula is located in the Nampula province in Northern Mozambique. It has a population of just over 700,000 and is a hub for business in the north. The city is diverse, with the native Makhuwa comprising the majority of the population but also has a visible Portuguese, Indian, Chinese and Lebanese population. Its the winter right now in Nampula, which means its a delightful 24 degrees Celsius on average and its heading into the dry season here (the driest months being August and September). B2T will be working with the local university, UniLurio, to start implementation in the next couple weeks! We hope you'll follow along here and on our blog at www.buy2thrive.com!

12/03/2019

New blog post! Have you ever tried to catch fish in the ocean with a tiny boat that has a leak? I watched it happen on Sunday...

After 17 months of planning, writing, rewriting, Skype calling, emailing, and networking, I finally arrived in Maputo, Mozambique this past Saturday! Tomorrow b