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OVERVIEW<\/span><\/h2>

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The Kenyan Initiative for Long-term Integration of Market Operators in Value Chains (KILIMO-VC) is a five-year agribusiness support programme that aims to improve access to new markets for small-scale farmers and (semi-nomadic) pastoralists.<\/p>\n

The \u20ac24m project aims to support farmers in Kenya to practice environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture to earn an income, and seeks to support the creation of up to 50 agri-businesses at different stages in the value-chain, to provide new market opportunities for small-scale farmers and pastoralists to sell their produce.<\/p>\n

The project is funded by the European Union, and is being implemented by Self Help Africa (SHA) and Imani Development Limited (IDL)<\/a>, who will manage a programme ‘challenge fund’ that will award grants to agri-businesses that seek business development and expansion funding from KILIMO-VC.<\/p>\n

The project is part of the wider AGRIFI programme<\/a> funded by the European Union in a financing agreement between the European Commission and the Government of Kenya in 2017. The purpose of AGRIFI is to unlock, accelerate and leverage investments within agricultural value chains.<\/p>\n<\/div>

overall objective<\/span><\/h2>

To improve the capacity of 100,000 smallholder farmers\/pastoralists to practice environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture as a business in inclusive value chains.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

specific objectives<\/span><\/h2>