Kenya Markets Trust

Non-profit organisation working with Kenya's private sector, county & national governments to unleash large-scale, sustainable & inclusive market growth.

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After years of successfully working together as partners with a shared mission of transforming sectors in East Africa, @GatsbyAfrica, @KenyaMarkets and @msingiea have integrated today to become one organisation.

Read the full release:
https://t.co/j8LufCWGFR

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They say a photo is worth a 1000 words. What do you see?

We see a boy whose education is dependent on #livestock. We see a family whose primary source of livelihood is livestock. We see a region that's most likely in Kenya's #ASALs. But all in all, we see potential and hope.

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Yesterday, we signed an MoU with @KenyaMeat which will see the meat processor access high-quality technical assistance in skills, technology and product enhancement, under our project with the @giz_gmbh under the #BusinessScoutsforDevelopment programme @MosesMunuve @EddaOtieno

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#livestock is fundamental to Kenya's economy. The sector contributes 10% - 13% of the national GDP and employs up to 50% of the agricultural labour force.

Learn how we've worked with various players to bring sustainable change to the industry.

https://t.co/uRmXqCOana

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Our work in Kenya's agri-inputs sector is helping farmers adopt better farming methods. We've reached over 500,000 smallholder farmers throughout Kenya.

Learn more about our impact in the agri-inputs sector:
https://t.co/zMyKvRFT3U

#BetterMarketsKe #agricuture #AgriTech #kenya

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One of the main challenges facing WSPs is governance. We're confident that the new training handbook developed by @wasreb and other sector stakeholders will positively influence WPSs management.

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#water

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Growth in Kenya's #livestock sector has clear potential for reducing poverty.

Through our efforts, 129,753 pastoralist households had gained access to quality and affordable animal health inputs and services as of 2020.

https://t.co/cXEUpGijH1

#BetterMarketsKe #KenyaMarkets

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KMT has been working to transform Kenya's #water sector for over 10yrs now. We've enabled access to clean, safe and piped drinking water to thousands of homes around the country.

Here is a short documentary on our work: https://t.co/CMB2MuhtzK

#BetterMarketsKe #KenyaMarkets

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Kenyan farmers have long been subject to the risk of purchasing low quality or counterfeit seeds. Scratch-off labels for seed packets introduced an innovative technology empowering farmers to verify the authenticity of seeds

https://t.co/K2ydgRmgqB

#agriculture #AgriTech #kenya

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“Climate change impacts are costing African economies between 3% and 5% of their GDP. Despite not being responsible for causing climate change, it is Africans who are bearing both the brunt and the cost.”

~ Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa

#climatechange

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Our joy as an organization is to see our work impacting the lives of ordinary smallholder farmers.

As of July 2019, we helped 84,914 more farmers access lime and soil testing services.

https://t.co/iK5IU9hMxi

#BetterMarketsKe #KenyaMarkets #agriculture #SmallHolderFarmers

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Today during International Women's Day, we celebrate all women who work hard and make an impact in our society.

Happy International Women's Day to all women from Kenya Markets Trust.

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#BetterMarketsKe #KenyaMarkets #InternationalWomensDay #BreakTheBias

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Our vision for the #livestock sector is to create a modernized, efficient, organized and competitive #meat industry that is linked to an improved value-added and profitable livestock production system.

https://t.co/e1VA1kAKGD

#BetterMarketsKe #KenyaMarkets #pastoralists #kenya

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For over a decade, KMT has been successfully transforming key market systems.

We work through key partnerships with businesses, representative bodies, governments and other relevant institutions in the agri-inputs, #livestock & #water sectors.

Impact: https://t.co/zMyKvRFT3U

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All our focus areas are affected by #climatechange.

Kenya's #livestock sector is among the hardest hit. It's estimated due to the 2017 - 2018 droughts; there was a 5.3% rise in livestock sales to avoid death of the animals through hunger and thirst.

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Did you know that rabbit meat is among the most nutritious types of meat?

It's delicious and offers good nutritional properties compared to other animal source proteins. One of our blogs covers in detail the benefits of rabbit meat.

https://t.co/WxIxsVrYdW

#meat #livestock

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"In the livestock sector, KMT envisions a modernised meat industry through influencing investments by actors in the meat industry to enhance efficiency, make it competitive, while enhancing consumer safety."

~ Alison Ng’eny-Otieno, CEO KMT

#livestock #foodsecurity #pastoralists

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The country loses an estimated Sh11 billion due to water leakages and theft in a sector whereas 50 per cent of the available water is costly and inaccessible to ordinary Kenyans.

Read more:
https://t.co/1KezkUkTmv

#BetterMarketsKe #KenyaMarkets #water #sanitation #kenya #WASREB

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We also thank @giz_gmbh #Kenya through their Business Scouts for Development programme, that is taking our meat sector to new heights through improving the competitive capacity of local meat processing industries.

@bodo_immink
@MosesMunuve

#BusinessScoutsforDevelopment

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Today we take a moment to recognise key funding partners that have supported our work and enabled us to touch the lives of millions of Kenyans.

Thank you @GatsbyAfrica, @DFID_UK, @giz_gmbh #Kenya & @AquaforAll

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#BetterMarketsKe #KenyaMarkets

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Thank you @AquaforAll for our ongoing partnership to improve Kenya's #water sector. Our project with them looks into infrastructure and organisational improvements needs for Small Scale Water Service Providers (SSSPs) in Kenya.

https://t.co/cQXtlYWawu

#BetterMarketsKe