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Crops & products

Climate-smart crops matched to Kenya's soils and seasons.

We focus on a small number of high-impact crops so we can do them well — from certified planting material to structured markets.

Pulses
Lower & Upper Eastern Kenya

Pulses

Drought-tolerant legumes central to Kenyan diets and export markets.

Varieties
  • · Nyota beans
  • · Green grams (ndengu)
  • · Pigeon peas (mbaazi)
Products
  • · Cleaned & graded pulses
  • · Polished retail packs
  • · Bulk aggregation for institutions
Cassava
Coastal Kenya

Cassava

A resilient root crop supplying food, flour and industrial starch value chains.

Varieties
  • · Improved industrial varieties
  • · Food-grade varieties
Products
  • · Industrial starch
  • · High-quality cassava flour (HQCF)
  • · Dried chips
Sweet Potatoes
Western Kenya, Embu & parts of Kirinyaga

Sweet Potatoes

Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes rich in Vitamin A — nutrition and income in one crop.

Varieties
  • · Orange-fleshed varieties
  • · Food & processing grades
Products
  • · Fresh roots
  • · Dried & milled flour
  • · Value-added snacks (pipeline)