Cereal Growers Association

Creating Shared Value in Maize Value Chain (CSV Maize)

Brief

The ‘CSV Maize’ project aims to promote sustainable production of maize while building resilience to climate risks and addressing the barriers to youth and women’s inclusion in the maize sector in Kenya.

Specific project objectives include:

1. To increase the availability of sustainably and safely produced maize by 50% for household and commercial purposes.

2. To increase market access for smallholders in Bungoma County through efficient aggregation.

3. To increase the ability of smallholder maize farmers to manage climate variability effects in the long term.

4. To reduce gender and social disparities in the maize value chain.

The expected outcomes of the project include:

1. Increased availability of sustainably and safely produced maize by 50% for household and commercial consumption.

2. Increased access to the market for smallholder maize farmers in Bungoma through efficient aggregation at the farmer-led centers.

3. The Increased ability of smallholder maize farmers to manage climate variability effects in the long term.

4. Reduced gender disparities due to strengthened gender-responsive mechanisms in the maize value chain

Partners

  • Solidaridad
  • County Government of Bungoma funded by LDF.