IKEA Foundation contributes $3.5 million to support FAO's work with refugees and host communities in eastern Africa: FAO, in collaboration with UNHCR proposes to strengthen partnerships between the public and private sectors to address the development challenges faced by refugee hosting countries, and promote sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development. The project is funded by the IKEA Foundation who will provide $3,500,000 over a period of 4 years. After exploring innovative joint approaches for the delivery of CRRF in Africa, a collaboration was established with selected private sector entities for the development of value chains that can provide a lucrative, yet fairly risk-free market engagement of vulnerable populations in displacement setting, while also contributing to socio-economic integration of refugees. Targeting Kenya and Uganda, the partners in this project include private sector partnership (INSTA and KadAfrica), the Office of the Prime Minister, Ministries of Agriculture, UNHCR, WFP, ICRISAT and Egerton University.