Value Chain Analysis of the Cassava Sub-sector in Uganda Uganda is the sixth largest producer of cassava in Africa with 4.2 million metric tonnes having been produced in 2010. Cassava is the second most important staple crop after bananas in the country. Th... Uganda Jun 7, 2022 Studies
Kilimo Trust Quarterly Newsletter: January - March 2022 1,432 Avocado Farmers Trained on Good Agricultural Practices in Tanzania Kilimo Trust, in collaboration with Guavay Company Ltd, is implementing a project to scale up organic fertilizer production for... Apr 22, 2022
Research Benefits Mwea, West Kano Rice Farmers Recent research and development efforts have significantly benefited rice farmers in Mwea and West Kano, Kenya. Initiatives include introducing new farming techniques, enhancing irrigation systems, an... Mar 27, 2022 Success Stories
Youth and women groups earn living from rice husks When Bernard Omondi started rice farming, he thought straws will help him in mulching and improve soil fertility. He was wrong. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/farmkenya/amp/crop/article/2001423474/ri... Mar 27, 2022 Success Stories
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