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One Million Farmer Platform

Commercial Agri ricultural Landscape of f Kenya Vegetables: 3,815 Fruits: 3,292 Roots and tubers: 9,477 Sugarcane: 5,900 Tea: 378 Cereal: 4,715 (Maize, beans, rice, wheat, cow peas, sorghum ) Flower: 480 Meat: 411 Milk, 4,967 Egg: 96 Unit: Thousand MT Source: kenya.opendataforafrica.org

1,000,000 Small Holder Farmer Initiative: Kenya National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project Growth Project Number of farmers 600,000 Number of farmers 400,000 Investment: USD 250 million Investment: USD 200 million Farmers’ producer organization 8400 Farmers’ producer organization 9600 Number of value chains 12 commodities Number of value chains 11 commodities and 4 livestock commodities 45 counties

Kenya has the highest AgriTech intensity in Africa Approximately 30 percent of Agri-Tech start-ups in Africa are operating in Kenya

Global Ecosystem Comparators Israel China India Netherlands - innovation networks - Dedicated agrifood - Government - AgriTech-focused tech funds Buy in Agri-Food incubators and grants - Early entry of youth Innovation to innovation space - Incubators and - Favorable policy Accelerators - Agri-Food Entrepreneurs environment (e.g The Digital - Government supported Lurking in China’s Big India Campaign ) program and incubation - Wageningen Startup Factory information desk - Increased and timely support - Globally competitive StartLife to support to early stage start-ups Agtechs students to start - Investors Taking up Agtech Agri-Food

Kenyan Agri-Ecosystem Farming AgriBusiness companies Communities Industry SMEs Associations Logistics, Inputs & Markets Financing Solution Data Analytics & Knowledge Value chain Government – Enabling players Policy Environment Donors – Agriculture Philanthropy sectorial Innovators & Bi-Lateral Sector Stakeholders Civil Society – flexible Adaptable programs Populace – access to information & Finance

Functions of the One Million Farmer Platform Knowledge Policy support Data and Learning and feedback Analytics 1 Million Networking Farmer (linking farmers, Evaluation and innovators, public Platform agencies and Learning businesses) Incubation Financing/ (coaching, Investment mentoring)