Hort agro solution agencies consultants have wide experience in the fields of agriculture, project management and co-operative matters. They have undertaken various assignments and consultancies both in Embu county and Mt. Kenya region as shown below.
Agricultural Extension Services
ASSIGNMENT |
CLIENT NAME |
DURATION |
Crop protection |
Karurumo Mango processors |
Two Months |
Passion pest problem in Meru |
Fresh link-Meru |
One month |
Farm advisory services |
Agrotech Consultant |
1 year |
Farm Management
ASSIGNMENT |
CLIENT NAME |
DURATION |
Group Farm Management |
Kiamuki Dairy goat |
1 years |
Business Strategies Plan for Kiio CBO |
Kiio CBO |
5 month |
Business Management |
Agrotech Consultancy |
6 Months |
Post-Harvest Management
ASSIGNMENT |
CLIENT NAME |
DURATION |
Cottage Industry |
Vipago Agro processors |
5 months |
Marketing and Quality Control |
Agrotech Consultancy |
3 weeks |
Fresh Produce Storage and Delivery to the Packaging Plant |
East Africa Growers Ltd |
8 months |
ASSIGNMENT |
CLIENT NAME |
DURATION |
Safe and Effective use of agro-inputs and crop pests identification and control |
Kithumbu Multipurpose co-operative irrigation scheme |
2 weeks |
French Beans, Baby corns and Okra preparations for marketing |
East Africa Growers Co. Ltd |
1 month |
Implementing crop insurance on weather based index |
Syngenta Foundation |
3 months |
Market Linkage
ASSIGNMENT |
CLIENT NAME |
DURATION |
Horticultural Contract Farming Management Agency |
East African Growers Co. Ltd |
3 months |
Passion fruit contracting and export marketing |
Kenya Horticultural Exporters |
6 months |
Passion fruit production and marketing. |
Kenya Agricultural Productivity Project. |
5 years |
Farmer Group Formations and Strengthening
ASSIGNMENT |
CLIENT NAME |
DURATION |
Horticultural Contract Farming Management |
East African Growers Co. Ltd |
8 months |
Implementation of Strategic Plan |
Agrotech Consultancy |
1 year |
Group formation and accessibility of farm inputs and bulking the produce |
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture |
1 year |
Other Assignments
IV) Assignment Name: Provision of extension and market services in fruits and vegetables value chain |
Country: Kenya |
Location within Country: Nyeri, Embu and Meru counties. |
Professional Staff provided by the firm:8 |
Name of Client: Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) |
Clients contact person for the assignment in Meru, Nyeri and Embu respectively. |
Start Date(Month/Year): June 2011 Completion Date (Month/Year): 2015 |
Narrative Description of project:
Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) was a government of Kenya initiative supported by the World Bank whose objective was to increase agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers from agricultural and agribusiness activities in the project area. The model was designed to promote Agribusiness, Private Public Partnerships, the agricultural Product Value Chain Continuum and Accountability among other virtues in the context of community driven development and the need to fulfill the world bank/GoK funding commitments.
The focus of the model was commercialization of farming and promotion of agribusiness. Viewed from a business perspective, the yardstick for measuring the performance of any business was the level of returns or incomes accrued.