Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Co-creating business models in the supply and finance chains in Nyando, Western Kenya
In the context of Nyando, with very small land sizes and subsistence agriculture, it is hard to envisage a large investable CSA portfolio. Smallholder farmers and commercial parties tend to see each other as risky partners in business. Building trust and long-term partnerships are the key to success...
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2021
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| author | Wattel, Cor Gathiaka, John Mulwa, Richard Asseldonk, Marcel van Wesenbeeck, Lia van Oostendorp, Remco Recha, John W.M. Radeny, Maren A.O. Bosselaar, Jonne |
| author_browse | Asseldonk, Marcel van Bosselaar, Jonne Gathiaka, John Mulwa, Richard Oostendorp, Remco Radeny, Maren A.O. Recha, John W.M. Wattel, Cor Wesenbeeck, Lia van |
| author_facet | Wattel, Cor Gathiaka, John Mulwa, Richard Asseldonk, Marcel van Wesenbeeck, Lia van Oostendorp, Remco Recha, John W.M. Radeny, Maren A.O. Bosselaar, Jonne |
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| description | In the context of Nyando, with very small land sizes and subsistence agriculture, it is hard to envisage a large investable CSA portfolio. Smallholder farmers and commercial parties tend to see each other as risky partners in business. Building trust and long-term partnerships are the key to success of upscaling CSA investments. From the viewpoint of commercial players, Nyando is considered competitive in drought-resistant crops (sorghum and cassava). Seeds and fertilizers for these crops are an interesting market for the input suppliers. Milling sorghum into flour could add value to their business. It might be profitable for smallholder farmers to turn their sorghum food crop into a cash crop. This business model could be further enhanced with warehousing and with contracts with off-takers, but this requires certain conditions to be met for it to be successful. In the context of Nyando, modest increases in smallholder farmer finance are possible, through two channels. Firstly, through linkages between banks and community savings groups. And secondly, where farmers have access to marketing contracts with off-takers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1148522025-12-08T09:54:28Z Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Co-creating business models in the supply and finance chains in Nyando, Western Kenya Wattel, Cor Gathiaka, John Mulwa, Richard Asseldonk, Marcel van Wesenbeeck, Lia van Oostendorp, Remco Recha, John W.M. Radeny, Maren A.O. Bosselaar, Jonne smallholders climate-smart agriculture agriculture food security climate change In the context of Nyando, with very small land sizes and subsistence agriculture, it is hard to envisage a large investable CSA portfolio. Smallholder farmers and commercial parties tend to see each other as risky partners in business. Building trust and long-term partnerships are the key to success of upscaling CSA investments. From the viewpoint of commercial players, Nyando is considered competitive in drought-resistant crops (sorghum and cassava). Seeds and fertilizers for these crops are an interesting market for the input suppliers. Milling sorghum into flour could add value to their business. It might be profitable for smallholder farmers to turn their sorghum food crop into a cash crop. This business model could be further enhanced with warehousing and with contracts with off-takers, but this requires certain conditions to be met for it to be successful. In the context of Nyando, modest increases in smallholder farmer finance are possible, through two channels. Firstly, through linkages between banks and community savings groups. And secondly, where farmers have access to marketing contracts with off-takers. 2021-06-01 2021-09-02T13:08:34Z 2021-09-02T13:08:34Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114852 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Wattel C, Gathiaka J, Mulwa R, van Asseldonk M, van Wesenbeeck L, Oostendorp R, Recha J, Radeny M. 2021. Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Co-creating business models in the supply and finance chains in Nyando, Western Kenya. Nyando, Kenya: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | smallholders climate-smart agriculture agriculture food security climate change Wattel, Cor Gathiaka, John Mulwa, Richard Asseldonk, Marcel van Wesenbeeck, Lia van Oostendorp, Remco Recha, John W.M. Radeny, Maren A.O. Bosselaar, Jonne Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Co-creating business models in the supply and finance chains in Nyando, Western Kenya |
| title | Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Co-creating business models in the supply and finance chains in Nyando, Western Kenya |
| title_full | Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Co-creating business models in the supply and finance chains in Nyando, Western Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Co-creating business models in the supply and finance chains in Nyando, Western Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Co-creating business models in the supply and finance chains in Nyando, Western Kenya |
| title_short | Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Co-creating business models in the supply and finance chains in Nyando, Western Kenya |
| title_sort | scaling climate smart agriculture co creating business models in the supply and finance chains in nyando western kenya |
| topic | smallholders climate-smart agriculture agriculture food security climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114852 |
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