Transforming Lives
Through Agribusiness
Celebrating 20 Years of Sustainable Impact
Fostering Market Access, Job Creation, and Promoting Climate-Resilient Agriculture
For two decades, Kilimo Trust has been at the forefront of transforming agricultural markets across East Africa. Our unwavering commitment to building inclusive value chains, empowering farmers, and strengthening market systems has touched millions of lives. As we celebrate 20 years of sustainable impact, we remain dedicated to creating opportunities for farmers and agribusinesses, driving job creation, and advancing climate-resilient agricultural practices.
Who We Are
We are a not-for-profit organization working on agriculture for development across the East Africa community – in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
Kilimo Trust is a go-to implementing partner for inclusive and sustainable market-led agricultural value chain development in the region
Impact
Our target is to directly impact 1.4 million smallholder farmers over a period of five years (2023-2028).
We have transformed agribusiness into a tool for wealth creation and food security across East Africa by empowering smallholder farmers and value-chain actors with sustainable, market-led projects and capacity-building interventions.
548,322
Smallholder farmers
have benefited from interventions
664,254
Metric tonnes traded
Commodities worth $284 million traded through structured trade
2,975
Business linkages
Across the regional agribusiness value chain have been established
From its establishment in 2005 to the present day, Kilimo Trust has been able to impact several smallholder farmers over 500,000 directly and 1,200,000 indirectly and other value chain actors in the agribusiness sector through its interventions across the East African region.
What Drives Us
Our vision, mission, core business and values define our purpose and the lasting impact we seek to create across agricultural markets.
Our Vision
A sustained and equitable wealth creation, food and nutrition security for smallholder farmers and other value chain actors.
Our Mission
To make agribusiness a transformative tool for wealth creation, food and nutrition security for smallholder farmers and other value chain actors.
Core Business
Building partnerships with value chain actors.
Integrity
Empathy
Value for Money
Teamwork
Partnerships
