Kenya Livestock Marketing & Resilience Project (Heifer Project International)
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Project main objective is strengthen the production and marketing systems for improved livelihoods and resilience among smallholder farmers in poultry and beef production in Kenya.
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Project main objective is strengthen the production and marketing systems for improved livelihoods and resilience among smallholder farmers in poultry and beef production in Kenya.
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Result
a). Recruitment of project staff and setting up of operational offices in Nairobi and Eldoret. b). Project baseline and refinement of project Result Framework. This allows the project team to monitor performance against project targets. c). The partner developed a selection criteria for Farmers Owned Agribusinesses (FOAB) to partner with in the project implementations. During the period under review, 12 FOAB's were selected with a membership of 4,821(17.5% youth and 54% women). The FOAB generated KES 52,749,558 in revenue with a surplus of KES 12,203,784. d). Another key achievement of the project is the formation of a Project Steering Committee (PSC) to provide overall guidance in the execution of the project. PSC comprises of the project manager, Heifers country director, representative from FAOB, Council of Governors and FOAB, senior leadership from the state department of livestock. e). Identification and signing MOU with 12 conservancies in Kajiado and Isiolo for feedlot establishment. By bringing together conservancies, cooperatives, and market associations under one project framework, the initiative seeks to maximize resource use, improve market access for livestock farmers, and promote sustainable practices that benefit both the environment and the local communities.
Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has signed a MSEK40 project with Heifer International Project Kenya targeting the livestock subsector. The four (4) years project is aimed at strengthening production and marketing systems for improved livelihoods and resilience among 38,000 poultry and beef producers (32,000 poultry and 6,000 beef and sheep producing households). The project geographical coverage spreads across nine (9) counties of: Kajiado, Isiolo, Busia, Kakamega, Nandi, Uasin Gishu, Trans-Nzoia, Nakuru, and Bungoma. Heifer Kenya has set sights on delivering three pivotal outcomes, which are. •Establishing resilient production systems for smallholder farmers, boosting their livelihoods. •Strengthening Market systems, Infrastructure, and fostering valuable business relationship between market actors; and •Empowering pastoralists, Agro-pastoralists, and Partner institutional capacities strengthened for Natural Resource Management (NRM) and conservation in all the project counties.
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