School feeding opens new markets for smalholder farmers

Smallholder farmers in arid and semi-arid areas stand to benefit from a school feeding programme established by the government. About 12, 000 smallholder farmers will benefit from the multi-billion lucrative venture in form of Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme. Mathews Wanjala, the SNV country project co-ordiator said in the pilot, there are 100 associations in the seven counties of Elegeyo-Marakwet, Narok, Lamu, Kilifi, Kitui, and Laikipia. “We needed to empower the farmers in areas of governance and government procurement expectations so that they can tender within the law and...