Projects and Flagship Initiatives in Kenya
From improving food security through innovative seed systems to tackling climate challenges, promoting biodiversity and harnessing digital technology, we are at the forefront of pioneering holistic solutions. Our vision and work in Kenya is dedicated to cultivating resilience, fostering positive change, and contributing to the emergence of a vibrant and sustainable agrifood sector.
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Project Rationale |
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GCDT (KFW) - Participatory Prioritization, Ecogeographic Gap Analysis, and Agri-Food Systems Analysis of Opportunity Crops in Support of PDFF Inception Phase |
Supports prioritization and analysis of opportunity crops to guide the PDFF inception phase |
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BIUSA (SALL FAMILY) - Unrestricted Future Seeds Program and PABRA |
Provides unrestricted support to Future Seeds and PABRA for strengthening crop biodiversity and breeding |
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DJIBOUTI -IGAD (AFDB) Digital advisory services under BREFONS |
BREFONS’s principal goal is to build resilience to food and nutrition insecurity in the project intervention areas in the Horn of Africa |
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CANADA GAC - BRAINS |
The BRAINS Project aims to transform agriculture in 15 African countries by integrating beans, beneficial insects, and fruit trees like mangoes, citrus, and avocados, promoting low-carbon practices, and enhancing climate resilience, particularly among women and youth farmers through climate-smart technologies. |
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WB IDA - AICCRA |
AICCRA (Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa) is a major initiative designed to scale climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and climate information services (CIS) for millions of smallholder farmers across Africa. |
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GERMANY GIZ - SSHI Phase III |
The Supporting Soil Health Interventions (SSHI-3) project improves soil health and agricultural productivity through better data governance, innovative soil management solutions, and AI-powered fertilizer recommendations. |
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BI (ITALY) - Integrated Soils and Opportunity Crops Initiative |
The Italy-funded Integrated Soils and Opportunity Crops Value Chain Development Initiative for East Africa is a Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils project. As part of the global VACS initiative, it promotes climate-adapted nutritious crops and healthy soils to enhance food security, address climate change and land degradation, and strengthen sustainable agricultural productivity in East Africa. |
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Project Rationale |
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GERMANY GIZ - DIGITAL II |
The project develops infrastructures for global interoperability to transform agricultural livelihoods. |
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BIOVISION - Vihiga County Agroecology |
The team accelerates agroecological transitions in Vihiga County. It responds to challenges in food insecurity, declining soil health, biodiversity loss, and agricultural productivity. |
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BMGF SGP Adaptation insights |
The project increases the availability, quality, and use of data on climate adaptation in Africa to boost investment and accelerate action. |
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CIAT I&P NORAD FASA |
The CIAT I&P FASA (Financing for Agricultural SMEs in Africa) is a multi-donor fund managed by Investisseurs & Partenaires to bridge a $100 billion financing gap for African agri-SMEs. |
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JAPAN MOFA - Community PGR use and underutilized crops |
The project promotes the use of plant genetic resources and underutilized crops to support poverty reduction and sustainable growth in developing countries. |
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Rockefeller Foundation Regenerative School Nutrition |
The Rockefeller Foundation's Regenerative School Nutrition initiative aims to transform public school feeding into an engine for nutrition, climate resilience, and rural livelihoods. |
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GERMANY GIZ Sustainable Finance |
The initiative institutionalizes sustainable finance practices within CGIAR. |
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BMGF Market Intelligence |
The Enabling Market Intelligence and Building Engagement (EMBE) project addresses critical information and service delivery gaps in Kenya that limit farmers’ ability to access and adopt climate adaptation solutions. |
Farmer Field Day held by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT at Mariira, Murang'a county, Kenya to demonstrate the different Climate Smart Technologies used in farming.
© Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT/Owen Kimani
Elizabeth Omusiele shows the diverse seeds she is growing on her farm with support from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and partners.
© Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT/Georgina Smith
Milking opportunity in the foothills. Preparing fodder at Simon and Sylvia Kiruja’s dairy farm in Meru, Kenya. The family is among those who have received training and new technology like the Brachiaria fodder grass varieties from the Alliance Bioversity International – CIAT to improve milk yields.
© Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT/Georgina Smith
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Project rationale |
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UNOPS NBS Monitoring |
The project improves monitoring and evaluation of nature-based solutions in Kenya |
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WRI Denmark MOFA Warehouse Receipt System |
The Building Resilience of Farmers Through Warehouse Receipt System in Kenya project aims to increase food security by reducing post-harvest losses through a Warehouse Receipt System coupled with financial inclusion and the promotion of climate-smart agriculture. |
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WFP LTA Global Research Services |
The initiative supports global research services for HDP nexus programming. |
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GCF Readiness Programme LTA |
The GCF Readiness Programme under the Long-Term Agreement (LTA) is designed to support countries in strengthening their institutional capacities, governance mechanisms, and planning frameworks for climate action. |
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GCF PPF LTA |
The Project Preparation Facility (PPF) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) provides financial and technical support to developing countries to prepare high-quality project proposals for climate finance. |
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WB IDA Geospatial NBS Prioritization |
The project develops geospatial methods to prioritize nature based solutions. |
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Australia ACIAR Bean Corridor |
The PABRA Academy is a capacity-building initiative of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) aimed at addressing identified capacity building gaps of partners along the bean value chain. |
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CANADA GAC BEANS4WOMEN |
Beans for Women for Empowerment (B4WE) project seeks to improve the entire beans value chain by providing rural women with resources, training, and social support to transform their lives and uplift their communities. |
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BMGF Breakthrough Bean and Cassava Products |
The project supports inception work on innovative bean and cassava products. |
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IITA TAAT II |
The project advances technologies for African agricultural transformation. |
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Project rationale |
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RA Climate Adaptation for Perennials |
The project supports climate adaptation for coffee and cocoa smallholders. |
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ILRI LiveSys |
LIVESys (Catalyzing Transformation towards Sustainable Livestock Systems) is a global project (2024–2028) funded by BMZ, supporting sustainable livestock development in Africa and Latin America. Implemented by GIZ with partners including AU-IBAR, ILRI, the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, and WWF. |
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GCA Digital Climate Advisory Services |
The project advances gender-responsive digital climate advisory services. |
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UNDP Climate Risk Integration |
The initiative strengthens financial institutions' capacity to integrate climate risks. |
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UNITED KINGDOM FCDO iSPARK |
The project advances innovation in sustainability, policy and climate resilience. |
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BMGF NDIZI II |
The project develops zero shot intelligence for agricultural innovation. |
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ICIPE RMRN EA |
The project builds a regional agroecology network in East Africa. |
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UNITED KINGDOM MET OFFICE ECREA |
Enhancing Climate Resilience in East Africa (ECREA) is a collaborative initiative focused on strengthening climate resilience through innovative research, policy interventions, and community-driven solutions. |
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IDRC Regenerative Agriculture Footprint |
The project establishes a baseline on regenerative agriculture/agroecology in nine countries in East and Southern Africa. |
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IDRC ACIAR Beannovate |
The project scales pre-cooked bean innovations in Kenya and Uganda. |
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Project rationale |
| UNEP WAWE | The project turns organic market waste into fertilizer and feed through gender responsive models. |
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WUR R4iCSA II |
The Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Rice Initiative for Climate Smart Agriculture Phase Two (R4iCSA-II) supports rice farmers in Kenya and Uganda to transition to regenerative rice farming methods that can improve their livelihoods while restoring and protecting the environment. |
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IFAD Climate Change Adaptation Studies |
The initiative supports design of climate change adaptation projects. |
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FAO Open Source Seed Systems |
The project enables open-source seed systems for climate adaptation crops. |
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McKnight Climate Data Integration |
The project improves climate data integration in agroecological research. |
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BMGF 1000 Farms Platform |
The platform implements an Africa-wide network for on-farm variety testing that is digitally supported to provide vital performance data and farmer feedback. |
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IDH Growing Together |
The project strengthens food security and communities through markets and data. |
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BMGF Artemis II |
The Artemis project transforms how crop traits are measured by replacing manual scoring with artificial intelligence (AI) tools that work on smartphones. |
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EC HealthyDiets4Africa |
HealthyDiets4Africa harnesses the potential of food systems diversification to address malnutrition and improve food and nutrition security. |
