Grow Kenya Report for September 2012

An Impact Update from the USAID Kenya Horticulture Competitiveness Program
Date Published: 
November 2, 2012
A happy young Kenyan man shows off his French bean crop
“We are helping farmers to change from subsistence farming to commercial horticulture production. This is being achieved through organizing farmers from social groupings to viable, commercial, business-oriented groupings”.
Ahmed Mohamed, Managing Director, Canken International Ltd.

Growing French beans for the export market increases smallholder farmers’ incomes.   A community-based approach to using entrepreneurial youth to distribute affordable and nutritious products, such as porridges and flours, to rural consumers.  New potato investments in Rift Valley.  Read these stories about the measurable impact Feed the Future is having in Kenya in the Grow Kenya Report for September.