AgrInvest-Food Systems Project: Supporting market development of women-led organizations in Kenya
AgrInvest-FS in partnership with Nyamira County Government is supporting the women-based organization to achieve consistent supply by ensuring there is adequate planning of production schedules and good agronomic practices.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is implementing the project “AgrInvest - Enabling inclusive and efficient private sector investment in agri-food systems” (AgrInvest-FS), to foster SDG-aligned investments in agri-food systems in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya and the Niger.
In Kenya, the project identified African indigenous vegetables as a promising value chain to unlock sustainable investments thanks to their high potential in contributing to food and nutrition security as well as creating rural employment especially for women and youth. For this reason, in Kenya, AgrInvest-FS is supporting the Nyamira North Women SACCO, a women-led Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization (SACCO) to grow and sell indigenous vegetables to a private food enterprise, Mace Foods, establishing formal contractual arrangements. Mace Foods is a processing company based in the Nyamira County that sources indigenous vegetables, dehydrates the products and sells them in both local and international markets.
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