- Our Visionbroad-based wealth creation in East Africa through agriculture and agri-business development.
- Our MissionTo catalyze the growth & competitiveness of strategic agricultural sectors for the benefit of a large number of people in East Africa.
- Our Aimis to make agricultural markets work better for the reduction of poverty and elimination of hunger.
Kilimo Trust Transforms
Up until June 2010 - Kilimo Trust was a grant making organization providing and managing grants to other NGOs in the EAC Region with resources from Gatsby Charitable Foundation and other Philanthropic Organizations.Kilimo Trust made a bold decision to change its way of working from a grant maker to a Specialized Agency undertaking Direct Implementation and Management of programmes and projects in partnership with and/or on behalf of governments, international and regional organizations, and the private sector.
Our New Strategy
The continuing recurrence of famines amidst an abundance of natural resources for agriculture in Eastern Africa, is simply unacceptable in the 21st Century. The reasons for this are many. They include poor governance, social and political conflicts, inadequate management of climate variability, and a harsh global economic environment. But these are not characteristics peculiar to or endemic only in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There must be another explanation.
The lack of a holistic development framework across all sectors is a major problem. Hence, all the investments poured into African Agriculture, during the last 50 years, have not led to a green revolution remotely resembling the successful green revolution which happened in Asia and Latin America.