Enhancing the production of indigenous chicken for improved nutrition

About the partnership

Animal Production Related

Kenya

Homerange Poultry Kenya (HPK) is a youth-led business with diversified roles in farmer-training, chicken breeding, commercial-feed production, and marketing of poultry products in the indigenous chicken value chain. More specifically, the business supplies day-old and month-old KARI improved local chicken, expertly bred and managed to ensure superior-quality mature chicken and eggs that are highly nutritious to consumers. HPK also produces commercial poultry feeds formulated to meet the KARI improved local chicken breed requirements and conducts monthly farmer trainings to ensure proper management of the indigenous chicken.

Inclusive business idea description

This partnership seeks to scale up HPK’s Sustainable Local Chicken Production and Marketing Model (SLCPM), an out-grower program that connects small-holder poultry farmers who supply HPK with mature chicken and/or eggs to markets. The model brings together different actors in the indigenous poultry value chain -with HPK as the Lead Partner- with an aim of promoting youth and women inclusion and increasing incomes of small-holder farmers. This will in turn contribute to poverty reduction, and increased food safety and security. 2SCALE will also team up with HPK in mobilizing and training small-holder farmers in commercial production of indigenous chicken, facilitate linkages with financial institutions and other input providers, and assist in the development and marketing of poultry products to the BoP markets.

Key Interventions

Empowering small-holder farmers to increase poultry production and income

Availing affordable poultry products to BoP consumers

Facilitating access to financial services to HPK and partners

6,400 (1280 senior women, 1280 senior men, 1920 young women, 1920 young men)

76 MSMEs ( 13young female-led, 20 senior female- led, 20 senior male-led, 13young male-led)

128 Producer organizations involved

Estimated at € 578,800- Cash and Kind: Establishment of processing plants, machinery procurement and recruitment of additional staff.

10,000 BoP Consumers in urban and peri-urban areas

Get in touch

Curious about this partnership? Get in touch with the partnership facilitator.

E-mail Susan Wabocha

Partnership Facilitator

	Susan Wabocha
	swabocha@2scale.org

Project partners

Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KARLO)

Formerly known as the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) a state corporation whose mandate is to restructure agricultural and livestock research into a dynamic, innovative, responsive and well-coordinated system. KARLO will be critical in ensuring the KARI Improved Local Chicken breeds selected to produce eggs for hatching are of superior quality.

County Governments (Agriculture and Livestock Departments)

The county governments in the Counties of operation (Kiambu, Murang’a, Nyeri, Tharaka Nithi, Laikipia, Kitui, Machakos, Makueni and Kajiado) will be critical in creating a linkage with local small-holder farmers, training and licensing.

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