The table below summarizes activities carried out by our partners in the Potato industry. Using the search button you can filter the result by County, lead organization, funding partner, period of the project or value chain focus.
| LEAD ORGANIZATION | PROJECT NAME | VALUE CHAIN FOCUS | PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES | RESULTS AND NEWS | DURATION | COUNTIES | FUNDING PARTNERS | PARTNERS | WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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| INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTRE (CIP) | RTB Scaling Fund: potato varieties and apical cuttings | Seed, Marketing, Processing, Research & Development | Accelerate access to quality seed of robust, market-oriented potato varieties by farmers in Kenya and Uganda with the goal to propel the technology package into a fully uncontrolled scaling environment. | Project just started and preparation o multiply seed of new varieties for dissemination while transforming five seed businesses to produce certified seed, three as seed merchants and two as outgrowers. | 2019-2021 | Meru, Kiambu, Nakuru, Elgeyo Marakwet Nandi | RTB of the CGIAR | CIP, FIPS-AFRICA, County Governments of Meru, Elgeyo Marakwet Nandi Uasin Gishu, private sector, NPCK | Video: New technology bridging the seed potato gap in Kenya Documents Apical rooted cuttings - Technology brief Apical rooted cuttings - how to plant |
| DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT GMBH (GIZ) | Nutrition-sensitive Potato Partnership Project (NuSePPP) | Production | To support smallholder farmers in order to increase their potato yields and contribute to the improvement of the nutritional situation of malnourished people in Nyandarua and Bungoma | 39 Agricultural Officers trained through ToT-Training 1,855 farmers trained through Farmer Field and Business schools Development of national potato strategy and county potato strategy Nyandarua supported 700 Community Health Volunteers trained on Nutrition aspects 12 innovation sites for improved potato cultivation methods established | 2016-2021 | Nyandarua Bungoma | German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ | GIZ CIP NPCK KALRO County Department Agriculture and Health of Nyandarua and Bungoma | Learn more |
| IFDC | Potato sector capacity building | Marketing Trainings and Policy | Farmer education and information sharing | The project has managed to train 1756 farmers through the FFBC platform and through various training avenues such as Conferences and field days.IFDC has formed working relationships with various partners including agro-chemical companies,soil nutrition and soil fertility companies and financial institutions that have supported the project by providing technical advice and free samples of their products that are used in the demos. | July 2021-September 2021 | Nyandarua | IFDC | NPCK, County Government of Nyandarua AFA | https://ifdc.org/ |
| SNV | Kenya Market-led Horticulture Programme -HortIMPACT | Marketing | Inclusion of SME farmers in domestic and export markets Improve food safety Reduction of food losses Training farmers on best practice on potato production including promotin Dutch seed potato varieties Linking farmers to markets Feasibility study on commercial potato storage Promoting mechanization of potato production | Product and market study to inform potato storage study complete. Location and technology study for commercial potato storage to be completed in November. | 2015-2019 | Meru Nyandarua Laikipia Nakuru Narok Meru | Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Learn more | |
| TECHNOSERVE | Kenya Potato Sub-sector Transformation Initiative | Marketing, Extension, Production | Increased potato productivity for farmers Strengthened and expanded potato output markets for farmers | 2017-2019 | Bungoma County | AGRA | NPCK | Learn more | |
| KENYA/NETHERLANDS SEED POTATO DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | Seed, Production, Marketing | Investment in the capacity of KEPHIS in potato pests and diseases diagnostics, management of seed potato import, field inspection and certification; Testing and registration of new Dutch potato varieties for ware and processing purposes (over and above the current 37 registered ones); Linking Dutch and Kenyan seed potato-related business interests through trade missions, business match-making, and information sharing; Capacity building of (potential) medium to large-scale seed growers to enhance seed multiplication and related agri-business skills; Capacity building of county agriculture staff and other stakeholders on creating a conducive environment for seed production in Kenya; Research and demonstrations on performance of Dutch varieties in different climatic zones, agronomic practices, mechanisation and disease control; and Contributing to seed potato information dissemination, stakeholder engagement and sector coordination. |