Smallholder farmers now adapt to climate change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnKyqdYoqQ8... Mar 27, 2022 Success Stories
Agri-tech helps improve smallholder livelihoods A middle-aged woman who is an amaranth farmer from Ringa Kakelo in Homa Bay looks jovial as she harvests the crop’s grains at her four acres farm. She has all the reasons to smile because after harves... Mar 27, 2022 Success Stories
Alex Odundo turns scrap metal into farm machines A security guard opens the heavy metal gate to allow in a three-wheeler (tuktuk) at the premises located a short distance from the Kisumu-Nairobi Road in Nyamware, Kisumu County. The three-wheeler is ... Mar 27, 2022 Success Stories
Rice waste converts into wealth creation venture At Pap Onditi Shopping Center Nyakach, Kisumu County, 45-year-old Benta Akinyi is carrying a heap of load on her head that looks light in weight. It looks like unpacked grass for animal feeds but movi... Mar 27, 2022 Success Stories
Key potential agribusiness value chains for youth employment Many young people know little of the opportunities and dynamism possible in farming today, a reason why majority of them are not attracted to the sector. Informed by the above fact, the International ... Feb 7, 2022 Success Stories
Partnership on groundnuts lifts farmers out of poverty Batian Nuts Ltd, a local agro-processing company, has partnered with Egerton University, Kilimo Trust and the largest incubator for inclusive agri-business in Africa, 2SCALE to support farmers growing... Oct 20, 2021 Success Stories
Cropping calendar assists farmers to get bank loan A total of 89 Rice farmers in Mapogoro (60 farmers) and Tungamalenga (29farmers) rice schemes in Idodi ward Iringa District benefited from loan of amounting to 197 million Tsh (84,950USD) accessed fro... Oct 5, 2021 Success Stories
Climate-smart agriculture raises farmers’ livelihoods Kilimo Trust as the lead together with Rikolto implemented the Iringa-Mitigation, Adaptation, Productivity for Climate-Smart Agriculture (iMAP4CSA) project in the Idodi and Pawaga schemes in Tanzania,... Oct 5, 2021 Success Stories
Quality mark helps Kyela processors access market Kyela Rice Processors Ltd (KRPL) is a private company dealing with paddy milling and rice trading based in Kikusya village, Itope ward, Kyela in the Mbeya region of Tanzania. The company is implementi... Oct 5, 2021 Success Stories
Joyce Gwamba abandons fashion world for farming Joyce Gwamba is a young, dynamic, and well-known farmer in Dakawa with keen interest to sensitize young farmers in his local community to engage in farming as a fulltime venture since it’s rewarding a... Sep 27, 2021 Success Stories
R-YES project deploy transparent and inclusive approach for youth on-boarding The Rural Youth Employment Support (R-YES) project is a 5-year project (2020 - 2024) funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic C... Sep 26, 2021 Success Stories
Musoma enterprise wins orders in regional market The Competitive African Rice Initiative in East Africa (CARI-EA) project aims at enabling locally-produced rice in East Africa to competitively substitute the over US dollars 300 million worth of rice... Sep 26, 2021 Success Stories