About Us

About Us

National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) is a Government of Kenya project implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, with financing from the World Bank.

The project focuses on transforming smallholder farmers across 33 counties in Kenya from subsistence to commercial farming through increased value addition and market participation. NAVCDP builds on previous initiatives such as NARIGP and KCSAP and includes key investments in infrastructure, irrigation, access to financial services, and sustainable agricultural practices.

Project Development Objective

To increase market participation and value addition for targeted farmers in select value chains in the project areas

What We Do
  • 1) Build farmer capacity for climate resilience, stronger value chains
    Through partnership with KALRO and agritechs, NAVCDP supports farmer-level extension and training on climate-smart TIMPs, demonstrative micro-project investments to complement climate-smart TIMPs trainings, and farmer mobilization and technical assistance to support access to e-vouchers
  • 2) Link Farmers and farmer Groups to SACCOs for credit access
    The project aims to improve farmers' access to affordable credit to support increased adoption of TIMPs, modern technologies in FLID, and food system incubation technologies at the individual farmer and CIG levels, thereby increasing productivity and resulting cash flows to achieve the commercialization of prioritized VCs. This is achieved by encouraging Individual farmers and CIG/VMG/IP to mobilize savings with a SACCO, where loans are matched.
  • 3) Connect farmers to Markets
    NAVCDP builds farmers’ capacity on aggregation and participation in collective marketing. CIGs/VMGs/IPs are federated and affiliated to form strong FPOs or join the existing ones, building the capacity of the FPOs, and value chain development for the priority VCs through grants to the FPOs aimed at addressing identified gaps to unlock value chain development for the prioritized VCs.
Project County Coverage

The NAVCDP project is implemented in 33 counties across Kenya, supporting farmers’ transition from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture. The counties are as follows:

  • Kirinyaga
  • Kiambu
  • Embu
  • Nyeri
  • Meru
  • Murang’a
  • Kitui
  • Makueni
  • Machakos
  • Tharaka Nithi
  • Taita Taveta
  • Kilifi
  • Kwale
  • Migori
  • Homabay
  • Kisumu
  • Siaya
  • Vihiga
  • Busia
  • Kakamega
  • Bungoma
  • Kisii
  • Nyamira
  • Bomet
  • Kericho
  • Nandi
  • Uasin Gishu
  • Trans Nzoia
  • Nyandarua
  • Nakuru
  • Narok
  • Kajiado
  • Nairobi
  • Mombasa
Prioritized Value Chains

The project has prioritized 16 Value Chains (VCs) to be supported by the Project

  • Dairy
  • Chicken
  • Coffee
  • Banana
  • Avocado
  • Potatoes
  • Tomatoes
  • Apiculture
  • Rice
  • Cotton
  • Mangoes
  • Cashew
  • Red meat (Beef)
  • ALVs
  • Green grams
  • Garden peas

 

S/N County Priority Value Chains
1 Bomet Dairy, Chicken, Potatoes, Avocado and Pyrethrum
2 Bungoma Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Banana and Avocado
3 Busia Dairy, Chicken, Banana, Rice and Cotton
4 Embu Dairy, Coffee, Avocado, Mangoes and Apiculture
5 Homa Bay Dairy, Banana, Coffee, Rice and Cotton
6 Kajiado Dairy, Chicken, Tomatoes, Apiculture and Red meat (Beef)
7 Kakamega Dairy, Chicken, Avocado, Banana and Apiculture
8 Kericho Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Avocado and Pyrethrum
9 Kiambu Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Avocado and Banana
10 Kilifi Dairy, Chicken, Apiculture, Mangoes and Cashew
11 Kirinyaga Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Tomatoes and Avocado
12 Kisii Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Banana and Avocado
13 Kisumu Dairy, Chicken, Rice, Tomato and Cotton
14 Kitui Dairy, Chicken, Apiculture, Tomato and Mangoes
15 Kwale Dairy, Chicken, Cashew, Tomato and Apiculture
16 Machakos Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Avocado and Tomatoes
17 Makueni Dairy, Chicken, Tomatoes, Mangoes and Apiculture
18 Meru Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Avocado and Potatoes
19 Migori Dairy, Chicken, Banana, Tomatoes and Apiculture
20 Muranga Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Avocado and Mangoes
21 Nakuru Dairy, Chicken, Apiculture, Potatoes and Pyrethrum
22 Nandi Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Avocado and Potatoes
23 Narok Dairy, Chicken, Tomatoes, Avocado and Tomatoes
24 Nyamira Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, ALVs, and Avocado
25 Nyandarua Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Potatoes and Garden Peas
26 Nyeri Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Avocado and Potatoes
27 Siaya Apiculture, Chicken, Rice, Tomatoes and Cotton
28 Taita Taveta Dairy, Chicken, Potatoes, Bananas and Green grams
29 Tana River Chicken, Green grams, Rice, Apiculture and Red meat (Beef)
30 Tharaka Nithi Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Green grams and Bananas
31 Trans Nzoia Dairy, Chicken, Avocado, Tomatoes and Banana
32 Uasin Gishu Dairy, Chicken, Coffee, Avocado and Potatoes
33 Vihiga Dairy, Chicken, Banana, Avocado and ALVs