An initiative created to occupy spaces between investor silos, identify and bridge finance gaps and convene women business leaders’ voices for climate action
#A4IP@CGIAR promotes innovations from Lab to Market. For Kenyan hackers, they are providing a platform for national and International exposure through their Venture Out event series and venture space. @NekesahT#KenyaAgrihack
Post-Harvest losses have significant economic implications, reducing the availability of food for consumption and leading to financial losses for farmers and other stakeholders in the food supply chain.
This morning, I joined the Kenya Agrihack event, which is a meeting of minds geared towards developing innovative, climate-smart, and gender-responsive solutions for reducing post-harvest losses.
In recognizing the importance of addressing post-harvest loss, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is working to educate farmers, develop infrastructure, improve market access, control pests and diseases, encourage value addition, and enact policies and regulations that support the sector.
I assured the Agri-Hackers of the government's commitment to holding hands with all stakeholders to realizing our mission to save livelihoods, feed the country, and pave the way for a sustainable future.
The Ministry has already acquired and installed 350 milk coolers across the country and another 200 are expected to be installed by 2027.For grain,dryers are expected to be installed in different parts of this country as a measure to address post-harvest losses- PS Jonathan Mueke
Causes of Post-Harvest Losses in the value chains in focus:
• Poor post-harvest handling practices.
• Lack of good transportation infrastructure.
• Poor processing & preservation techniques.
• Lack of market access & information asymmetry.
• Climate change.
#KenyaAgrihack
"The issue of post-harvest losses troubles our agricultural sector and demands our immediate attention and innovative solutions now." @jmueke of @kilimoKE
#KenyaAgrihack#PostHarvestLosses
Kenyan farmers are losing 20-40% of their hard earned harvest. Today, The Rallying Cry launches the #KenyaAgriHack in partnership with @CGIARclimate and @CGIARAfrica to help tackle this issue in the cereals, horticulture and dairy value chains.
The @KenyaAgrihack's timing is a strategic and collaborative response to the urgency in the agricultural sector; one that has been exacerbated through floods, droughts and other calamities that cause losses.
#KenyaAgrihack#SolvingPostHarvestLosses
The @KenyaAgrihack has kicked off and we are incredibly honoured to have H.E @jmueke with us for Day 1 of this event that aims to be transformative for Kenya's agri-sector.
🙌 Thank you for inviting us to the roundtable on women's resilience to climate impacts. It was a pleasure to be part of spaces where we connected with highly knowledgeable women.
You can watch the event here 👉 https://t.co/9CP26PqFwT📺
@ASSEKnews is looking for Entrepreneur Support Organizations for a Stakeholder roundtable to address the pressing challenges faced by small holder farmers and agri-businesses.
To participate as a stakeholder register here: https://t.co/yMKSbALB23
Deadline: 30th October 2023.
Africa's food network and systems are about to advance, and you could be part of this movement at the
@KenyaAgrihack this November in Nairobi.
Apply here >> https://t.co/TgFJI8V6op
Africa's food network and systems are about to advance, and you could be part of this movement at the
@KenyaAgrihack this November in Nairobi.
Apply here >> https://t.co/TgFJI8V6op
We call on innovators to hack solutions that are climate-smart and gender-responsive to reduce post-harvest losses across value chains in cereal, horticulture, and dairy.
Apply here today: https://t.co/TgFJI8V6op
@BiovIntCIAT_eng@kenyanwalstreet
.@TheRallyingCry invites you to compete in a Hackathon - a challenge to develop innovative, climate-smart and gender-responsive solutions to reduce post-harvest losses in the cereals, horticulture and dairy value chains.
Apply now, and win USD 5,000: https://t.co/wC3jOtypRL
Join a fast-paced, dynamic hackathon to create
innovative solutions to address post-harvest loss.
The Kenya AgriHack will be held in Nairobi on the 8th & 9th of November 2023. The application deadline is October 6th, 2023.
Apply now: https://t.co/wC3jOtypRL