Vision of Change and Intervention Activities:
- The intervention will lead to availability and accessibility of improved sunflower seeds.
- Access to different services such as extension, financial services, insurance services,
- Enabling environment and profitable markets
- Adoption of efficient processing technologies, business skills and other bundled services.
Key Actors
Actors | Roles |
Bytrade | Seed & GAP Training |
Agro dealers | Hybrid Seed distribution from Seed Co. to SHFs |
Litenga | Train Farmer Farming as Business |
33 Processors engaged | Purchase sunflower grains |
ICRISAT | Pilot CSA solution to SHFs |
Outassurance Brokers LTD | Pilot insurance product to SHF |
AYEGRO | Provide soil test services to small holders farmers |
Balton | Demonstrate herbicides to be used by SHF in sunflower sector |
Hans | Demonstrate planters to use by SHF in sunflower sector |
EFTA | Provide processing machines to processors |
TPB and Vision Fund | Provide loan to both SHFs and SMEs processors. |
Mt.Meru | Buy crude oil from SMEs processors |