Rice to the Top
Rice to the Top
Developing the rice value chain from farming to marketing
Helping thousands of rice growers in Kisumu County, Western Kenya to increase their prosperity through developing the rice growing sector.
Project in brief
Following our pilot project with 300 farmers in Ahero, in Kisumu County, Western Kenya, Tag has secured a grant from Kilimo Trust - as part of a larger initiative by AGRA, funded by USAID - to impact on 10,000 rice farmers.
Our work in now spread across three regions in Kisumu County focused on improving the quality and quantity of rice, expanding farmers' access to farming inputs (such as seeds, fertilizers and pesticides) and strengthening the marketing of the regions rice.
More on Rice to the Top
Rice is a staple food in much of the world, and is of increasing importance in Kenya, which consumes way more rice than it produces. We are delivering a rice growing initiative in Western Kenya, a highly fertile region with great agricultural potential that has been largely neglected. The area is economically underdeveloped, with average incomes below $2 per day. Together with our local partners, we are addressing the barriers farmers face to succeed at growing rice, such as access to water, farming inputs, finance, training and markets.
Our assistance with irrigation support and systematic training in good agriculture practices enabled farmers to increase the quantity and quality of their rice, significantly increasing their income from rice growing. Farmers were assisted to gain access to mechanization, quality seeds, post-harvest storage, as well as rice milling facilities, all of which helps to enable profitable rice growing in the region. The project has established a community owned rice enterprise and its own rice brand – Kenya Superior Rice (superiorkenya.org).
We are now focused on organizational and technical capacity building, supporting farmers to acquire the knowledge, skills and organizational capability to manage the rice value chain, thereby greatly improving the prosperity of rice farmers in Western Kenya.
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Rice to the Top
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