“AgriProFocus and Equity Group Foundati-on share a common agenda of supporting youth led agribusinesses. We hope to work

together for greater impact.”

Jacquiline Chepkoech - Equity Group Foundation

Making Agribusiness Work for Development

Contact: Maureen MunjuaCountry Coordinatormmunjua@agriprofocus.com+254 735 145 307

KENYA

THE NETWORK

AgriProFocus is an international multi-stakehol-der network in the agri-food sector consisting of farmer entrepreneurs, private sector enterprises, governments, knowledge institutions and civil society organisations. By bringing these stake-holders together, their individual and collective impact increases. Active in 13 countries in Africa and South-East Asia, and linking 22.000 agribusi-ness professionals worldwide, we are the go-to network for farmer entrepreneurs in agricultural value chains. AgriProFocus makes agribusiness work for development.

FARMER ENTREPRENEURS

The AgriProFocus network members collaborate to strengthen the position of farmers and other agri-entrepreneurs in agricultural value chains. Entrepreneurs, small and medium scale, who are market oriented, business driven and willing to learn, innovate and grow. Entrepreneurs who together can, and will, make a difference for sus-tainable food and nutrition security at national, regional and international level.

AGRICULTURE IN KENYA

The Kenyan agriculture sector has been experien-cing progressive growth in 2016, it supports the livelihoods of the current 46.1 million Kenyans. The sector has seen an increase in technologi-cal innovations that provide solutions to certain challenges and new production and post-harvest technologies are increasingly getting attention from investments by development partners. The AgriProFocus network in Kenya facilitates linkages between members and other stakeholders. Agri-preneurs can then exchange knowledge and learn from experiences in order to be able to find inno-vative solutions for the challenges in the sector.

WHY JOIN AGRIPROFOCUS?

Meet and join the over 22.000 professionals on our vibrant online platform where you can share your questions and expertise.

Profile your organisation on the AgriProFocus plat-form to promote your services and products.

Join one or more of our learning communities to find solutions to problems, share thoughts and ideas and innovate together.

Visit our networking events to establish new con-nections and to do business with fellow entrepre-neurs.

Stay up-to-date on agribusiness developments, relevant tenders and calls, and register to partici-pate in cutting-edge knowledge events.

Get support from our dedicated and independent coordination team to fit your need.

Find business links for connecting your agribusi-ness on a local, regional and international scale.

Shape the debate on agribusiness and improve your agripreneurial exposure.

AgriProFocus KenyaElysee Plaza, 4th Flr, Kilimani Road,

P.O Box 19875, NairobiNairobi, Kenya

www.agriprofocus.com/kenya

LINKING

Access to resources, contacts, expertise

and tools

LEARNING

Create and strengthen oppor-tunities for synergy and joint action. Share knowledge

and expertise

LEADERSHIP

Together shape the sustainable food and nutrition secu-rity discourse at all levels and provide visibility and credibi-

lity for members.

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What to expect in 2017

Youth in AgribusinessYoung agriprofessionals are often ex-cluded from accessing services for their agribusiness activities. The AgriProFo-cus Kenya network members would like to contribute to increase the number of youth led agribusinesses to contri-bute to the development of the sec-tor. Dairy and horticulture specifically provide opportunities for the youth to engage with the industry players. Young farmers are in need of linking to resources, and other growth opportu-nities including internship, mentorship and business development services.

The AgriProFocus Kenya team will build on mapping of stakeholders working with youth. We will work towards crea-ting an enabling environment that sup-port young women and men to build successful enterprises.

Inclusive & Sustainable AgribusinessAgriProFocus Kenya recognizes that a vibrant and innovative agri-food sec-tor underpins inclusive and sustainable economic opportunities for the benefit of all. In order to tackle poverty, inequa-lity and food insecurity, governments, business and development need to col-laborate and partner to develop inno-vative inclusive business models.

AgriProFocus Kenya, through its lin-king and learning activities such as the business-to-business forums and national and county multi-stakeholder forums would like to contribute to the inclusiveness and sustainability of the agribusiness sector in Kenya. A special focus of our team will be on inclusive finance and extensive livestock produc-tion.

Horticulture The AgriProFocus Kenya network mem-bers have been active in the horticultu-re sector in the past 5 years. There is an increasingly growing middle class in Kenya which has led to a rising demand for healthy and nutritious horticultural products. There are also emerging mar-kets for Kenyan horticultural products in the region and globally. These trends provide opportunities for producers, other agribusinesses in horticulture va-lue chains as well as other stakeholders to better organize themselves to reap the benefits that the sector provides. It also provides an opportunity to move away from an informal market to more organized horticultural production.

The objective of all members is to en-hance the development and adoption of innovative technologies in the horti-culture sector.

AgriProFocus Kenya Network Plans

The AgriProFocus Kenya network has identified three key prio-rity areas for 2017: youth in agribusiness, horticulture and in-clusive & sustainable agribusiness. As a network, AgriProFocus will tap into the opportunities presented by these themes and sectors, with the goal of increasing the number of successful agribusiness models across the value chain.

Through linking, learning and leadership, AgriProFocus Kenya aims to ensure effective access to and use of a pool of know-ledge, resources and expertise and create space for members to deepen their scope of understanding through sharing and learning from each others experiences. This will translate to better collaborations and partnerships amongst the stakehol-ders, learning and sharing of best practices and innovations and collectively influencing the agenda on youth, inclusive agribusiness and the horticulture sector in Kenya.

Regional & Global Activities

The increasing commitments from private sector and govern-ments across AgriProFocus focus regions present immense op-portunities for more partnerships, collaborations and co-creati-on between the AgriProFocus country network members and non-member sector players. AgriProFocus Kenya members have identified a number of value chains and themes that presents opportunities for regional and global collaboration.

AgriProFocus Kenya sees an opportunity to do a regional youth in agribusiness conference that will provide a platform for net-work members and other partners to share experiences, learn and develop collaborations and partnerships across the coun-tries participating.

Besides this, our network would like to organise another regio-nal Extensive Livestock Expo in 2017.

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