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in kenya

Kenya overview

Supporting smallholder farmers to move from subsistence to prosperity is at the core of our programme work in Kenya.

Self Help Africa in Kenya works with smallholder farmers to move them from subsistence to commercialisation through a range of projects - from
supporting those in extreme poverty, to assisting enterprise development and business partnerships.

SHA works with smallholder farmers, farmer groups and associations across the country, including in the arid and semi-arid areas to address food security and nutrition challenges, and link farmers to markets through a farming as a business approach.

Full Name: Republic of Kenya
Population: 50.95 million (World Data 2018)
Population Growth (Yearly): 2.52%
Capital: Nairobi
Area: 581,309 SQ KM (224,080 SQ Miles)
Major Languages: English (Official), Swahili (Official), Numerous indigenous languages
Major Religions: Christianity, Islam, Traditional Beliefs

Kenya projects

AGRIFI Kenya Challenge Fund is a €24 millon five year agri-business support programme that is part of the European Union’s Agriculture Financing Initiative programme. It supports productive, adapted and market-integrated smallholder agriculture, including a contribution to the Africa Investment Facility.

The objective of the project is to increase the capacity of 100,000 smallholder farmers/pastoralists to practice environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture as a business in inclusive value chains. Over five years (2018-2022), AGRIFI will assist smallholder households to move from subsistence farming to a more business-oriented approach.

100,000 total direct beneficiaries
10,000 net equivalent jobs created
50 agri-businesses supported
15 trade associations supported

AGRIFI Kenya Challenge Fund is a €24 millon five year agri-business support programme that is part of the European Union’s Agriculture Financing Initiative programme. It supports productive, adapted and market-integrated smallholder agriculture, including a contribution to the Africa Investment Facility.

The objective of the project is to increase the capacity of 100,000 smallholder farmers/pastoralists to practice environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture as a business in inclusive value chains. The AGRIFI project seeks to explore and address some of the barriers to women’s participation, together with the question of access and control of resources. It provides training both to farmers’ organisations and to community-based organisations.

100,000 total direct beneficiaries
10,000 net equivalent jobs created
50 agri-businesses supported
15 trade associations supported

The BARINGO project, which started in 2019, aims to promote secure and sustainable livelihoods amongst individual households that are prone to drought in Baringo County, enabling them to spread their risk and prevent production asset loss.
The goal is to ensure that targeted households have improved access to extension services and diversified farming systems. At least 40,000 hectares of land will be under improved land management or fodder production The aim is to Mitigate the effects of climate change and build community resilience in order to increase the food, nutrition and income security of smallholder agro-pastoralist and pastoralist households in Baringo County.

60,000 households

The project aims to integrate smallholder farmers into the development of the cassava value chain, which is currently very underdeveloped and highly informal. SHA are training Lead Farmers to disseminate trainings on cassava production to 28,000 smallholders in producer groups. Farmers are being trained on good agricultural practices and climate smart agriculture, farming as a business, quality standards, and value-addition. These trainings and linkages will help to strengthen the cassava value chain and create secure employment for smallholder farmers. Self Help Africa's Terms of Reference for the Development of IEC Material on good agricultural practices for Cassava. Self Help Africa also supported the production of the national Roots & Tuber Crop Strategy for Kenya (2019-2022).

20,000 households
(12,000 women, 11,200 men))

This project will develop a new cattle breeding programme with a focus on farm profitability through use of improved forages, which can mitigate emissions and improve resilience. We also aim to develop and demonstrate new improved systems of production which can meet most of the animal’s dietary requirement with forage, which is more reliant than traditional feed
The improved dairy farm systems will lead to better farmlevel profitability, giving farmers at all stages of development an economic incentive to adopt and continue to use more economically and environmentally efficient farming practices. Improved income on dairy farms greatly helps the local rural economy (important for villages and small towns) as farms tend to spend their income locally.

Stories from Kenya

In memory of Miriam Cherogony
2023
Supporting Communities on The Frontline of Climate Change
2023

Technical skills training empowers young people in Kisumu, Kenya
2023
Self Help Africa is part of the world’s biggest community-led land restoration project
2023

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TO CONTACT US ABOUT OUR WORK IN KENYA:

Bank of Africa House,
4th Floor,
Karuna Close, Off Waiyaki Way
Westlands
Nairobi, Kenya
P.O. Box 14204-00800
Tel: +254 20 444 2162
Mobile: +254 703 946 477 / +254 733 193 435
Email: [email protected]

our work

in kenya

Kenya overview

Kenya projects

AGRIFI Kenya Challenge Fund

100,000 total direct beneficiaries
10,000 net equivalent jobs created
50 agri-businesses supported
15 trade associations supported

agrifi kenya Challenge fund

Baringo Resilience Initiative: Nurturing Greater Opportunity (BARINGO)

MORE: Cassava - Strengthening the Competitiveness of the Cassava Value chain in Kenya

Climate Smart Research and Innovation for Livestock Development in Kenya with a focus on Dairying

Stories from Kenya

In memory of Miriam Cherogony

Supporting Communities on The Frontline of Climate Change

Technical skills training empowers young people in Kisumu, Kenya

Self Help Africa is part of the world’s biggest community-led land restoration project

Country Profile

TO CONTACT US ABOUT OUR WORK IN KENYA:

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