September 2019 The primary purpose of the paper is to provide key information to the AgriFI implementation team on the factors that collectively encourage or discourage Kenya’s youth from pursuing agricultural and related agro-processing careers, including macro factors such as …

Brief on the Principles of Nutrition for Value Chain Development with Smallholder Farmers in Kenya September 2019 The brief introduces food security, nutrition, and malnutrition both globally and in the Kenyan context. It examines how nutrition interacts with other issues …

Identifying Additionality in an Established Market System September 2019 This report describes the market structure of this sector in order to measure real effects of additionality, job creation, social welfare, market distortion, and economic upgrading. If this is simply how …

Advice Paper on Targeting and Achieving Intended Gender Outcomes for Agricultural VC Development in Kenya The purpose of the paper is to guide the team implementing the programme by clarifying the links between gender and VC development, highlighting barriers to …

Ensuring Equitable Access and Exposure of the AgriFI Kenya Challenge FundSeptember 2019 Though AgriFI intends to support SMEs in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya, few applications for the Challenge Fund have been received from these areas. This …

Developing an Intervention Guide and Glossary of Terms for Smallholder Climate Smart Agriculture in Kenya September 2019 Kenya is a country of diverse geographies and localised climate systems where a one-size-fits-all approach to CSA would prove ineffective. This paper therefore …

This report presents key findings on the role that ‘small and medium sized Agri-enterprises’ (SMEs) in Kenya play as market access agents for smallholder farmers/pastoralists (SHFs) and explores how SME-led interventions can be designed to sustainably benefit small-scale farmers/pastoralists. The …