Some of our major
We partner with all the key agricultural players to strengthen farmer-to-fork agricultural systems. We create linkages to public-private partnerships to facilitate trade and value chain growth. Through this, we ensure that farmers have access to educational materials, quality farm inputs, reliable extension services support and access to market for their produce.
We do so by relying on our agronomic know-how, our over 15 years experience and local insight of the agribusiness space and leverage on the innovatiness, robust data and the cutting-edge technology of our partners.
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Farmers reached
1500
Field Experts to support farmers
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Digital Input loans issued
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Years of serving farmers
DigiFarm is Safaricom’s integrated mobile-based platform for digital services tailored for smallholder farmers. Through the platform farmers gain access to essential product and services from financial institutions, agri-input providers, and other value-added service firms, enabling farmers to easily source, transact, learn and grow. KLPA is the implementing and extension services support partner in the project overseeing recruitment of farmers, coordinating issuing of farm inputs, routine farm visits by agronomist, soil testing all the way to planning the sale of the produce through the DigiSoko platform.The service is accessed by dialing *283# on a Safaricom line.
Together with other relevant actors, Kenya Livestock Producers Association partnered with Land O` Lakes K-SALES project that aimed at increasing agricultural productivity in the sector by developing Business Service Providers (BSPs), facilitating farmer field schools, increasing access to clean water, improving on-farm and off-farm infrastructure, and facilitating agricultural lending. K-SALES also expanded trade of agricultural products in the livestock sector by providing training in post-harvest handling and processing, and developing the business capacity of cooperatives and industry associations
Kenya Livestock Producers Association partnered with the Kenya Commercial Bank Foundation and the County government of Baringo to help pastoralists and farmers to trade in livestock, specifically goats in the County. Pertinent to that, in collaboration with KCB Foundation, and County government of Baringo, KLPA will hold annual Agribusiness trade fair at the county every November . The theme of the fair was “Market access and information sharing.
In 2014 KLPA in partnership with Airtel Kenya and Mobipay, implemented an online social platform for its members/farmers where they were able to get real time farmer information that includes markets, input prices, weather and the general farming tips. This information was accessible from their mobile phones at the farms.
KLPA periodically organizes county agribusiness trade fair which bring together farmers, manufacturers, traders, innovators, scholars, leaders, policy makers and other players within the agribusiness value chain. The trade fair brings together farmers, manufacturers, traders, innovators, scholars, leaders, policy makers and other players within the agribusiness value chain. The trade fairs are extremely useful to farmers as they equip them with necessary skills as well as offer them a platform to interact, share knowledge and trade. The exhibitors find the expo useful as they are provided a platform to interact, learn and gather feedback from farmers and sell directly to them.
"I would like to commend KLPA and DigiFarm for coming to our aid. We were facing a lot of challenges as farmers. We wanted to plant but did not have cash for fertilizer. We would plant without fertilizer and get very poor yields. Now that you have brought the farm inputs, we are assured of a bumper harvest."
"As woman, I face many challenges when I want to farm due to lack of resources. I'm happy that when I came to access the input loan KLPA did not ask me about my husband unlike other providers who ask for guarantors and many other stringent terms. They've just asked for my phone number and ID number and issued me with the inputs. As a woman, I find that very convenient. I have found it very helpful."
"The KLPA trade fairs have been very useful to us. We are able to interact with farmers and address the challenges that they are facing, educate them about our products. I find the trade fairs very useful."