WHERE WE WORK
FIPS-Africa is currently building the capacity of 700 VBAs in Kenya, 1200 VBAs in Tanzania, and 250 VBAs in Mozambique, and has successfully applied its Approach to improve the food security of farmers growing a wide range of crops in a wide range of environments.
It has developed partnerships with 20 Seed Companies and 5 Fertilizer Companies in the Region.
Nyeri and Kirinyaga Counties; the aim is to improve food security of small-holder coffee farmers. We currently have 53 VBAs who are focusing on improving the yields of farmers’ maize, beans, coffee, banana, and vegetable crops, and incomes from keeping chickens. This project is funded by the Louis Dreyfus Foundation.
Meru County; the aim is to improve potato crop productivity of small-holder farmers. We currently have 75 VBAs who are focusing on teaching farmers how to increase their incomes from growing potatoes through the use of clean seed, and good agricultural practice. This work is funded by USAID through the Accelerated Value Chain Development Programme (AVCD), and managed by the International Potato Centre (CIP).
Machakos and Makueni Counties; the aim is to improve food security of small-holder farmers. We currently have 250 VBAs who are focusing on advising farmers how to increase the yields of their maize, beans, cowpeas, green grams, pigeon pea, vegetables and fruit tree crops and how to improve their incomes from keeping chickens. This project is funded by the Seeds of Change Foundation.
Busia, Siaya, Vihiga, and Homa Bay Counties; the aim is to improve milk production from farmers’ cows by improving breeding, health, and nutrition. We currently have 100 VBAs who are focusing on advising farmers how to increase the yields of farmers’ fodder crops (maize, napier grass, brachiaria grass, desmodium, sweet potatoes), on how to manage their cows to produce more milk, and on linking farmers to AI service providers and to suppliers of acaricides, de-wormers and mineral salts. This work is funded by USAID through the Accelerated Value Chain Development Programme (AVCD) and managed by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Kitui County; the aim is to improve farmers’ incomes from keeping chickens. We currently have 20 VBAs who are vaccinating farmers’ chickens to prevent outbreaks of the Newcastle disease. This project is currently unfunded.