Improving the productivity of the legumes sector
Objective: Increase the productivity and sales of 10,000 smallholders and entrepreneurs in the Legumes sector by mobilizing farmers, increasing their access input supplies, improve the supply chain management for processors. Results: 4,000 groundnut farmers organized in western Kenya— Launching a farmer-owned grain marketing company (Kenya Smallholder Farmers Investoment Co. (KESFIC workplan in place - elected board, hired managers, bank account; buy 500MT of groundnuts from our organized farmer groups in August/September. 15 MT of groundnut seed purchased from seed farmers and distributed to smallholders. Identification of processing companies for value addition activities.
| Implemented by |
TechnoServe
(TechnoServe)
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| Dates |
Oct 2008
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May 2008
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| Countries |
Kenya
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| Project Scope |
Subsectoral/Supply Chain
Local/Community
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| Project Target |
Farmers and farmer groups
Cooperatives, associations, federations
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| Documents |
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| Contact |
Fred Ogana
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