Almost 200,000 small-scale farmers are generating vital household income, thanks to a Kenyan agri-business investment support project run by Self Help Africa.<\/p>
Country Director Peter Okoth said this month that the AgriFI Challenge Fund had reached 192,000 farmers in six years.\u00a0 In total, 30 Kenyan producers, processors and service businesses received grant funding from the AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund, to support the creation of thousands of new jobs, and new markets into which farm families have been able to sell their harvested goods.<\/p>
Businesses across Kenya have benefitted from the EU and Slovak Aid backed multi-year project, which invested over \u20ac18m in strengthening the small and medium sized agri-business sector in the East African country.<\/p>
AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund supported companies engaged in the processing and trade of commodities including fisheries, fruit and vegetables, nuts, vegetable oils, animal hides, cotton, coffee and much more.<\/p>