“Farm Shop” brings supplies, knowledge and profits to Kenyan farmers : project profile

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2018

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This brief provides background to scaling up the “Farm Shop” project. Farm Shop’s team of business and agricultural specialists, along with researchers from Kenya and Canada, will test ways to increase the scale of Farm Shop’s operation. A growing number of informal agro-dealers across Kenya are adopting the Farm Shop franchise model which can boost retail revenues by 500%. The market-driven approach provides smallholders, including women farmers, with access to high quality products (e.g. seeds and fertilizer), services (e.g. soil testing, animal health care), educational opportunities, and trusted advice, to improve livelihoods, productivity, and food security.

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French version available in IDRC Digital Library: L’entreprise sociale Farm Shop apporte fournitures, connaissances et profits aux agriculteurs du Kenya : profil de projet
This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

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SMALLHOLDER FARMERS, WOMEN FARMERS, FARMER TRAINING, KENYA, SOUTH OF SAHARA, ACCESS TO SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, EXTENSION SERVICES, FARMING

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57186

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (CIFSRF) / Résultats de recherches (FCRSAI)