In partnership with the International Crops for Research Institute for Semi-Arid Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the International Potato Center (CIP), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will lead the implementation of AVCD. The three CGIAR centres will work closely with partners—county governments, NGOs, CBOs, private sector actors and other USAID-funded projects/programs, as well as leverage knowledge and best practices from academic institutions and foundations.
In addition to organizations recognized for specific projects and outputs, we thank all donors which globally supported the work of ILRI and its partners through their contributions to the CGIAR system
Who They Are
The Feed the Future Kenya Accelerated Value Chain Development program seeks to widely apply technologies and innovations for selected value chains in order to competitively and sustainably increase productivity, contributing to inclusive agricultural growth, nutrition and food security in the country. The program’s main goal is to sustainably reduce poverty and hunger in the Feed the Future zones of influence in Kenya.
Focusing on the livestock, dairy, staple crops root crops and staple drought tolerant crops value chains in 21 counties in Kenya, the program aims to lift 326,000 households out of poverty, making them food secure and enabling their transition from subsistence to market-orientated farming.
About Feed the Future
Feed the Future was born of the belief that global hunger is solvable.
As the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, they're transforming lives toward a world where people no longer face the agony and injustice of extreme poverty, undernutrition and hunger.
Kenya is one of the 19 strategic country partners under Feed the Future, the United States Presidential global hunger and food security initiative. While the challenges are great, so are the opportunities. With the largest dairy herd in east and southern Africa, Kenya has the potential to meet local demand for dairy and target regional markets. As one of the largest African exporters of fresh produce to Europe, Kenya’s horticulture industry can expand domestic, regional and international markets. Markets, in turn, can significantly grow through reforms that address standards and quality, policy constraints, irrigation, roads, agricultural inputs, extension, and market access promotion.
Feed the Future is helping Kenya capitalize on these opportunities in agriculture to meet the country’s food security and nutrition challenges.
The program is focusing its efforts on improving several key agricultural value chains in Kenya: dairy ; drought-tolerant staple crops (sorghum/millet and root crop systems) and pulses for the semi-arid areas; and livestock and dairy in arid and semi-arid lands of northern Kenya. Feed the Future addresses the whole value chain with a special focus on the weakest “links,” from inputs like fertilizer, seeds, and livestock vaccines to credit, production methods, storage, transport, processing, farmers’ cooperatives, and markets in Kenya, East Africa and overseas.
