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KENYA FEED THE FUTURE INNOVATION ENGINE PROGRESS REPORT

JULY, 2015 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Kenya Feed the Future Innovation Engine

USAID KENYA (KENYA FEED THE FUTURE INNOVATION ENGINE) FY 2015 Q3 PROGRESS REPORT

3/07/2015

Contract No: (AID-623- C-12-00001)

Prepared for Ira Frydman United States Agency for International Development/Kenya C/O American Embassy United Nations Avenue, Gigiri P.O. Box 629, Village Market 00621 Nairobi, Kenya Prepared by Kenya Feed the Future Innovation Engine

DISCLAIMER

The authors’ views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

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I. FEED THE FUTURE KENYA INNOVATION ENGINE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................... iii

II. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS (Qualitative Impact) ....................................... 6

III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS (Quantitative Impact) ................................. 20

IV. CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ........................................ 22

V. PERFORMANCE MONITORING ........................................................ 23

VI. PROGRESS ON GENDER STRATEGY ............................................. 25

VI. PROGRESS ON YOUTH STRATEGY .............................................. 26

VII. PROGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND MONITORING........................................................................................... 27

VIII. PROGRESS ON LINKS TO OTHER USAID PROGRAMS ........... 28

IX. PROGRESS ON LINKS WITH GOK AGENCIES ............................ 28

X. PROGRESS ON USAID FORWARD .................................................. 28

XI. SUSTAINABILITY AND EXIT STRATEGY..................................... 29

XIII. SUBSEQUENT QUARTER’S WORK PLAN ................................. 29

XIV. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ......................................................... 30

XV. ACTIVITY ADMINISTRATION ....................................................... 33

XVII. GPS INFORMATION ...................................................................... 34

XVIII. SUCCESS STORY

Annex I: Schedule of Future Events

Annex II: List of Deliverable Products

ANNEX III: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLES

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ANDE Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

ASK Agricultural Society of Kenya

ALIN Arid Lands Information Network

CBOs Community-Based Organizations

CLIN Contract Line Item Number

COR Contracting Officer’s Representative

FARMIS Farm Records Management Information Systems

FOG Fixed Obligation Grant

FTF Feed the Future

FTFMS Feed the Future Monitoring System

GOK Government of Kenya

HCD Human-Centered Design

HR1 High Rainfall Zone 1

IAC Investment Advisory Committee

ICIPE International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology

IMS Innovation Measurement Scale

INTENSE Innovative Inclusive Training & Extension for Production of Sustainable Safe Food

IST Innovation Screening Team

KEMRI Kenya Medical Research Institute

KEPHIS Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service

KHCP Kenya Horticulture Competitiveness Program

KFIE Kenya Feed the Future Innovation Engine

KLMC Kenya Livestock Marketing Council

KSTCIE Kenya Standing Technical Committee on Imports and Exports

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations

PCPB Pest Control Products Board

PMP Performance Monitoring Plan

RFA Request for Applications

SA2 Semi-Arid Zone 2

SPFR Stage Progression Final Report

STTA Short-Term Technical Assistance

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USG United States Government

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I. FEED THE FUTURE KENYA INNVOVATION ENGINE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Qualitative Impact

Since March 2013, through a series of open and competitive calls, KFIE has received over 670 applications, from both within and outside Kenya, relating to innovations in agriculture and nutrition. A total of 65 shortlisted finalists have pitched their innovations to KFIE’s Investment Advisory Committee (IAC) resulting in a total of 20 innovations recommended for funding, 17 of which have been issued grant funding, with three more scheduled, pending final USAID approval.

Rigorous assessments for Wanda Organic, ALIN, Real IPM and Quest Agriculture were completed during the quarter, and these reports will be submitted to USAID in the forthcoming quarter. Rigorous assessments have recommended Wanda Organic, ALIN and Real IPM for progression from Stage 1 (proof-of-concept) to Stage 2 (pilot roll-out). Quest Agriculture was not recommended for stage progression. Therefore, in addition, to the total of 20 innovations recommended for initial funding to date, KFIE recommends three innovations for Stage 2 (pilot roll-out) additional grant funding.

Implementation of grant activities in this quarter has resulted in the following highlights:

• Amtech Technologies finalized customization and user-training of EASY MA 6.0 at two sites. • Maseno University signed an MoU with Syngenta Foundation for development of its Seed Unit. • KEMRI commenced clinical trials for a school meal with deworming properties. • Kenya Biologics secured Pest Control and Produce Board registration of its Tutrak® innovation. • ALIN launched its inaugural Agricultural Production Report - the first in a series - providing up-

to-date information on smallholder commercial farmers in five sub-counties in Meru County. • Following stakeholder meetings held in April and June under KEMRI’s UJIPLUS innovation, the

Nandi County government has committed to investing KES 50 million in the establishment of a papaya factory for processing juice and jam to provide market for farm produce. The factory will also serve as a source of papaya seed - a raw material for the porridge with deworming properties.

• The integration of Lipa na M-Pesa (Pay via M-Pesa) to Caytree Financial was completed and verified during the month of June - one of the key milestones for the innovation.

Quantitative Impact

Table 1 below summarizes progress towards achievement of select key Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) targets during the reporting period. More details on the performance of the 14 indicators are provided in Section III. Please note that due to the short implementation periods of the KFIE stage one grants, (often one year or less in period of performance), KFIE does not deem it feasible to disaggregate annual targets per quarter; hence reporting is based on annual targets.

Table 1: KFIE FY2015 Q3 Key Indicators Results Against Annual Targets

S/No Indicator Achieved FY2015 Q3

FY 2015 Annual Target

1 Number of rural households benefiting directly from USG interventions 8,931 5,653 2 Value of new private sector investment in the agriculture sector or food

chain leveraged by FTF implementation $645,988 772,762

3 Number of technologies or management practices in one of the following phases of development: 15 8

Phase I: under research as a result of USG assistance 14 7 Phase II: under field testing as a result of USG assistance 1 1

Phase III: made available for transfer as a result of USG assistance 0 0

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4 Number of food security private enterprises (for profit), producers organizations, water users associations, women's groups, trade and business associations, and community-based organizations (CBOs) that applied new technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance

143 54

5 Number of public-private partnerships formed as a result of FTF assistance 1 12 6 Number of farmers trained on the use of the innovation 1,448 5,503 7 Number of farmers and others recruited and registered for the innovation 1,484 6,900

INDICATOR EXPLANATORY NOTES

Indicator 1: During Q3, KFIE has exceeded the annual target of 5,653 with a cumulative annual total of 8,931 rural households benefitting from USG-KFIE interventions. There were an additional 1,448 new beneficiaries receiving USG-KFIE interventions in the reporting period.

Indicator 2: During the reporting period, the value of new private sector investment in the agriculture sector or food chain leveraged by FTF implementation was $645,988. This private sector investment was leveraged by KEMRI and Kenya Biologics. The bulk of this total amount leveraged came as a result of KEMRI’s leveraging of $500,000 from the Nandi County government for land acquisition and revival of the paw paw industry.

Indicator 3: Results during the reporting period include 5 grantees in wave I (University of Nairobi , Quest Agriculture, Wanda Organic, Real IPM and Lachlan), 7 grantees in wave 2 (Maseno University, University of Nairobi II, Amtech, KEMRI, KLMC, iProcure and ALIN) and 3 grantees in wave 4 (Caytree, Kenya Biologics and Kendat).

Indicator 4: During Q3, 143 new food security private enterprises received USG-KFIE assistance. The major contributing factor was the ramping up of activities by ALIN, Wanda Organic and Real IPM as their grant period of performance came to a close during the reporting quarter in Meru, Machakos and Makueni Counties. Additionally, recruitment of enterprises by wave 4 innovations, Kendat in Meru County, and Kenya Biologics in Kericho, Migori and Bungoma Counties also contributed to these results.

Indicator 5: One public-private partnership was formed as a result of FTF assistance between Maseno University and Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) to develop Maseno University’s Seed Unit.

Indicator 6: During the reporting period, the number of farmers trained on the use of innovations was 1,448, a 26% achievement against the annual target of 5,503.

Indicator 7: The number of farmers recruited by KFIE supported innovations during the reporting period was 1,484, representing 22% achievement of the annual target of 6,900.

Constraints and Opportunities

Wave I (Stage 1) awardee University of Nairobi (CoolBot innovation) submitted a request for a modification of their grant agreement as the previous grant came to a close on May 12th 2015. This was due to unforeseen constraints as a result of power fluctuations during implementation of this proof-of-concept activity at the Makueni site, in essence rendering certain project milestones unachievable. University of Nairobi’s request to modify its activities and milestones to address these realities is currently being reviewed by the KFIE team and Land O’Lakes anticipates submitting a grant modification request to USAID in the forthcoming quarter.

Unexpected delays have occurred with the approval and issuance of three Stage 2 grants for Value Farms, Indicus and Takaful from Wave IV, whose recommendations by the IAC in January 2015 have been submitted to USAID for approval. However, resolution appears imminent as USAID has indicated its intent to modify the KFIE contract to increase the contract scope and budget to allow KFIE to administer Stage 2 grants. Land O’Lakes has positively affirmed its willingness to explore this possibility with USAID and is eager to finalize a potential modification as soon as possible in order to provide grantees with sufficient time to implement grant activities.

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Nine KFIE (past, current and future) supported innovations: Wanda Organic, Real IPM, M-Farm, Amtech Technologies, Maseno University, KENDAT, ALIN, Caytree Partners and Value Farms, have been selected to participate in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) scheduled for July 25th and 26th 2015. This represents an exciting opportunity for these innovations to share and learn from their fellow entrepreneurs, pitch their innovations to potential investors, and engage in high-level networking with an eye toward possible future investment. KFIE looks forward to reporting additional details about these innovators experience in the coming quarter.

Subsequent Quarter’s Work Plan

During the forthcoming quarter, KFIE will continue assisting current and new grantees with implementation of their respective innovation goals through coaching and mentoring. This will be provided by KFIE portfolio managers as well as through short-term technical assistance tailored to address a grantee’s needs in furthering the respective innovations and/or strengthening the capacity of their organization and business model.

The Innovation Engine, in collaboration with Dalberg, will conduct rigorous assessments for grantees at the beginning and end of grantees’ periods of performance in order to measure impact and potential for stage progression.

KFIE’s communications department is poised to support USAID Kenya in the preparation of information, communication and branding materials to be disseminated at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in July 2015.

KFIE Portfolio Managers plan to continue regular close engagement with grantees in order to provide the requisite support in mentoring, guidance, problem-solving and verification of milestones.

KFIE’s Engagement Manager will continue to identify and mobilize short-term technical assistance, hold collaborative inception meetings at the start of each consultancy, facilitate agreement of scope of work deliverables, and provide regular monitoring for quality assurance.

The KFIE M&E team plans to initiate an M&E baseline survey for six Wave IV grantees (Caytree Partner, KENDAT, Kenya Biologics, Takaful, Value Farms and Indicus). In addition, the department plans to hold a joint quarterly M&E review meeting with USAID in August 2015 and continue to undertake Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQAs) for all grantees. The M&E team will also undertake crop productivity survey for the long-rains season (March-May 2015) in August/September 2015.

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II. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS (QUALITATIVE IMPACT)

SELECTION OF PROMISING INNOVATIONS During this quarter, USAID approved all the three Stage I innovations selected under the program’s fourth solicitation wave (Wave IV). Caytree Partners Ltd, Kenya Biologics Ltd and Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT), and Land O’Lakes issued fixed obligation grants to all three innovations. As part of induction into the implementation and performance management phase of the grant, the Innovation Engine team held a post-award meeting with the respective project implementation teams to ground awardees in their grant agreements and outline expectations on M&E and reporting. During the meeting, awardees examined the M&E manual including performance tracking tools, monthly and quarterly reporting templates and data forms to be used to record data for regular reporting on project implementation. The meeting also provided the latest awardees with the opportunity to discuss the short-term technical assistance (STTA) provided under the program and understand its significance in addressing innovation needs and organizational capacity building. Awardees also had in-depth discussions on the rigorous assessment (RA) process and necessary environmental compliance related to their respective grants. All the new awardees have since developed activity plans and M&E plans, thus completing their first milestones.

Three Stage 2 Wave IV award nominees - Indicus Ltd, Takaful Insurance of Africa (TIA) and Value Farms Ltd - are still pending final USAID approval. KFIE continues to respond to the innovators’ queries on the status of their applications. A draft letter providing a brief update to the innovators is also pending final USAID clearance.

Table 2: Latest Innovations Awarded and Nominated for Funding Name of Organization General Activity Stage Grant Amount

(KES) Status

1. Caytree Partners Caytree Financial Empowerment and Loan Assistance Program

One 5,000,000 Implementing activities

2. Kenya Biologics Limited Combating ‘Tuta absoluta’ in Tomatoes for Small-holder Farmers


3. Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT)

Agricultural Mechanization Hubs to Boost Youth-Attractive Commercial Farming Ventures


1. Indicus EA Ltd Establishment of a high tech artificial insemination training centre

Two 38,702,000 Pending approval

2. Takaful Insurance of Africa (TIA)

Index-based Livestock Takaful Two 44,839,600 Pending approval

3. Value Farms Ltd. Shifting the Paradigm on Land Consolidation through Public-Private Partnership for Commercial Agriculture

Two 45,245,491 Pending approval

COACHING AND CULTIVATING SELECTED INNOVATIONS

Technical assistance remains an integral component of KFIE’s support to each innovation’s potential for successful stage progression. Assignments are carefully designed to address deficiencies uncovered during initial stage progression scoring of 22 indicators related to an innovation’s desirability, feasibility and viability. During the reporting period, USAID approved ten additional STTA orders, bringing the total to 39 assignments deployed to KFIE grantees since the inception of the program. Details of the assignments are discussed below:


Wave I STTA Assignments

All Wave I STTA assignments to the relevant grantees (Quest Agriculture, Wanda Organic, Real IPM, and Lachlan) have been completed. However, one University of Nairobi (CoolBot innovation) assignment is on hold due to the implementation challenges mentioned in the Executive Summary of this document.

Also, during the quarter, field-based KFIE M&E Advisors (assist in measuring and monitoring the impact of grantees’ programs) and Field coordinators (provide technical support to innovations) wrapped up their assignments with the Wave 1 grantees.

Wave II STTA Assignments

ALIN - Consultant James Gachihi completed a business planning assignment; he provided expertise towards developing a five-year strategic business plan in tandem with ALIN’s growth projections.

Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC) - two STTA assignments during the quarter: financial management capacity building (completed in the quarter), and a business modelling assignment conducted by James Gachihi, which is on-going. The assignment will help KLMC align its business model to fit long-term goals and achieve organizational sustainability.

Amtech - All STTA assignments were completed in the previous quarter.

Maseno University – Lucy Njigua completed a staffing planning assignment during the quarter. The consultant helped the organization plan to appropriately and efficiently use its human resources in program implementation. Caroline Gathii initiated a financial management assignment (aimed at strengthening financial systems and procedures). Catherine Gitonga initiated a business planning and partnership strategy assignment (to assist in identifying the right partners to work with at scale and develop a five-year strategic business plan).

iProcure - Three STTA assignments carried out during the quarter. James Gachihi conducted an organizational, governance and staffing plan assignment to enable iProcure to develop a governance and staffing structure. Catherine Gitonga completed a business planning assignment (which led to development of a five-year business plan), while Caroline Gathii initiated an assignment on financial controls and systems (to build capacity on and strengthen financial and procurement systems). This is ongoing and will be completed early in the next quarter.

KEMRI - One STTA assignment is ongoing; business planning and partnership strategy (to enable the organization to develop a five-year strategic business plan and a partnership strategy towards scaling up the innovation).

University of Nairobi II - Evelyn Okwach completed an assignment on a staffing plan to help inform continued implementation of the program. Jackson Kariuki Nthiga is finalizing a business and strategic partnership plan assignment (assisting the grantee to develop a five-year business plan and a partnership strategy towards commercialization). Similarly, Richard Wahiu is undertaking a market survey assignment (to assess the potential uptake of the innovation in the market).

Wave IV STTA assignments

Kenya Biologics -Three STTA assignments (business planning by Catherine Gitonga, governance planning by Jackson Nthiga and financial management by Caroline Gathii) are all underway or about to commence during the upcoming quarter.

Caytree Partners - Three STTA assignments- feasibility study ( to gauge the potential of adoption of the innovation) by Richard Wahiu, Business modelling ( to assist the grantee in putting together a winning business model that will lead to sustainability) by James Gachihi and Financial Management (to assist the grantee develop relevant finance and procurement processes, procedures and manuals) by Caroline Gathii - are currently being executed and are expected to come to a close in the next quarter.

Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT) - All three STTA assignments - business modelling (to assist the grantee develop a sustainable business model), business planning (to develop a five-year strategic business plan) and human resource and staff planning (to develop a relevant staffing plan towards implementation of the program), were submitted to USAID for approval. (These assignments were approved in July 2015 and are expected to commence in Q4).


Cross Cutting - Three field-based M&E Advisor assignments (to assist KFIE and grantees in measuring and monitoring the impact of programs being implemented) and two Field Coordinators (to provide technical support to all innovations at KFIE) were among those approved during the quarter and are currently being executed.

BENEFITTING KENYAN AND REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS BY CULTIVATING AND BRAODLY DISSEMINATING INNOVATIVE PRACTICES

During this quarter, the Innovation Engine continued to build its online constituency and engage with various audiences via Twitter, Facebook and Flickr as depicted in the graphs below. During the reporting period, the Innovation Engine continued to document activities, particularly innovators’ work in the field, in various multi-media formats for repackaging and dissemination via a variety of channels.

Building on innovation dissemination activities in the previous quarter, in Quarter III of FY2015, KFIE published a bumper issue of The Innovator e-bulletin. Launched in March 2014, the e-bulletin is currently in its eleventh issue. The April-June 2015 issue was dedicated to the 2015 World Environment Day theme “Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet”, and presented an update of developments at the Innovation Engine during the quarter. The e-bulletin currently has a mailing list of over 1,000 subscribers including officials at USAID and other international development organizations, local and international innovators, potential investors, media, Land O’Lakes International Development staff, as well as USAID-funded and other agricultural program implementers in the region. KFIE continues to receive subscription requests and expects to publish at least two more issues in the final quarter of this work plan year. In April, Wanda Organic Innovation Champion, Marion Moon, moderated a session on "Evergreen Youth Business Initiatives" at the ‘Beating Famine’ conference held in Lilongwe, Malawi from April 14-17, 2015. The conference session aimed at demonstrating how more youth can be engaged and encouraged to join agriculture in the African continent and beyond. This was a follow up meeting to the event Ms. Moon had participated in during the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) held in March 2015 in Abu Dhabi. Additionally, on April, 14, the Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) launched its inaugural Agricultural Production Report at Meru Slopes Hotel. The report focuses on data collected during the piloting of the Farm Management Information Systems (FARMIS). County Director of Agriculture, Mrs. Dionisia M’Eruaki officiated the launch which was attended by ALIN Innovation Champion James Nguo, KFIE Portfolio Manager Pauline Mugendi, and FARMIS production information agents (PIAs), among other guests. On May 19th, the Innovation Engine, participated in the #AskAg Twitter Chat; Aflatoxins 101 that brought together experts from Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control and Mercy Corps Guatemala to share insights on aflatoxins as they relate to nutrition and the broader development outcomes while appreciating the varied approaches that seek to reduce exposure. The chat was followed up by a Mycotoxin Webinar; Breaking the Mold: How Mycotoxins Impact Agriculture, Nutrition and Development. (View the recording here). Wave II Innovation Engine awardees University of Nairobi II has designed a low-cost optical sorting to remove mycotoxins from maize in local Kenyan mills.

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Innovation-for-Seven-Billion-Dreams--One-Planet-.html?soid=1103092623826&aid=DmtaYHlGIgc

http://www.farmis.co.ke/

http://www.farmis.co.ke/

http://agrilinks.org/events/askag-twitter-chat-aflatoxins-101

http://agrilinks.org/events/breaking-mold-how-mycotoxins-impact-agriculture-nutrition-and-development


Left to right: Innovation Champion Marion Moon (Wanda Organic) and Innovation Project Manager Mutuma Murithi (UoN II) describe their innovations during the VIP tour of the stands.

On June 11th, Wanda Organic and the University of Nairobi (Wave II), participated as exhibitors during the launch event for the Machakos County Strategic Plan. Agricultural development is a key focus sector for transforming Machakos County into an investment hub and middle income economy. US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec and Machakos County Governor, Dr. Alfred Mutua officiated the launch ceremony, with each commending the two innovators on the sound vision and relevance of their respective enterprises. KFIE put printed copies of four-page brochures summarizing each of these innovations into the hands of the dignitaries, along with copies of the Human-Centered Design Toolkit, which were published by implementing partner IDEO.org and custom-branded by KFIE to reflect USAID support. KFIE also disseminated copies of the program fact sheet, and branded stationery to other participants at the event. Upcoming stakeholder events are listed in Annex I.

The Innovation Engine program, including program awardees and Wave IV finalists, continued to receive positive news coverage in local, regional and international news in this quarter as highlighted below.

Date Media Innovator Title of Article

2nd April Le Monde Afrique Mfarm M-Farm, des SMS pour redonner du pouvoir aux petites exploitations (13/14)

6th April Business Daily Mfarm Tech entrepreneur unlocks markets for poor farmers

20th April Food Tank Mfarm 20 Innovators Protecting the Planet #EarthDay2015

24th April HortiNews Real IPM Mango fruit flies fly away

26th April The Standard Newspaper ALIN Small scale farmers bet on new data platform to increase returns

May, 2015 The Organic Farmer Magazine

Wanda Organic

Farmer reaping the benefits of organic farming

19th May How we Made it in Africa Kenya Biologics

Kenyan company producing natural solutions for pest control

May 2015 International Fertilizer Development Corporation

Quest Agriculture

Foundations: Soil Fertility Page 26 features Quest Agriculture winning Photo from the IFDC soil contest

May 2015 The Social Science Research Network

Mfarm Assessing the Role of Mobile Phones in Offering Price Information and Market Linkages: The Case of M-Farm in Kenya.

http://bit.ly/1zfAZ8R

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http://bit.ly/1CRGCVA

http://t.co/RtR0juEnlk

http://bit.ly/1JU8Nsp

http://bit.ly/1IiPDPG

http://bit.ly/1IiPDPG

http://theorganicfarmer.org/sites/default/files/TOF%20May%202015.pdf

http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/kenyan-company-producing-natural-solutions-for-pest-control/49096/

http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/kenyan-company-producing-natural-solutions-for-pest-control/49096/

http://t.co/b4Dsz2kD1E

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2595613




June/ July 2015 HortiNews Real IPM Real IPM Kenya and ICIPE researchers team up to annihilate fruit flies (Page 24/25)

June/July 2015 HortiNews KFIE Hope for Mango Farmers as destructive bug meets its foe (Page 28)”

June 2015 Sustainability 100 Sunculture, one of KFIE Wave II Finalist.

Solar Powered Drip Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers

June 2015 USAID 2014 Report Lachlan Ltd,

M-Farm Ltd

University of Nairobi

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS PER INNOVATOR

Wanda Organic Limited - Participatory efficacy and market evaluation of Plantmate organic fertilizer and Prime EC foliar plant food for smallholder farmers

Progress highlights this quarter:

Wanda Organic completed implementation of field activities and milestones related to its Stage 1 fixed obligation grant, which came to a close during the quarter. Rigorous assessment was the key quarter highlight for Wanda Organic as KFIE and Dalberg worked together to measure the success of Wanda’s performance as a proof-of-concept, Stage 1 grantee. The rigorous assessment report recommending Wanda Organic for stage progression was finalized and shared with the grantee. The report will be shared with USAID in Quarter IV.

With the assistance of KFIE and partners, Wanda Organic was involved in the following events: a. ICRAF invited Innovation Champion Marion Moon to co-facilitate a side session on

EverGreen Youth Business Initiatives at the 'Beating Famine in Southern Africa Conference' in Lilongwe Malawi from April the 14th to 17th. Marion described the event as successful and highly-informative.

b. On June 9th, Wanda Organic took part in the launch of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at the Strathmore Business School in Nairobi. US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec and H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta officiated the high-level event aimed at showcasing Kenyan entrepreneurs who are working to address grand development challenges in Kenya. H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta was highly impressed with Wanda Organic’s efforts to improve the economic situation of smallholder farmers.

c. In early June, Wanda Organic Innovation Champion Marion Moon participated in a joint Partnering for Innovation/KFIE AgAccelerator lab held in Naivasha.

d. On June 11th, Wanda Organic participated as an exhibitor during the launch event for the Machakos County Strategic Plan. Chief Guests US Ambassador to Kenya and the

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta endorses Wanda Organic’s slogan "Save Our Soils, Protect Our Planet".

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http://issuu.com/sustainia/docs/sustainia100_2015/43?e=4517615/13109045

http://issuu.com/sustainia/docs/sustainia100_2015/43?e=4517615/13109045


Machakos County Governor both commended the company for its good work with smallholder farmers in the County.

Key innovation project activities next quarter:

Wanda Organic is awaiting feedback on the next steps following receipt of a rigorous assessment report recommending the firm for stage progression. Wanda is ready to initiate implementation of pilot roll-out activities pending USAID approval of the Stage 2 grant.

Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC) - Strengthening the dry land economy for pastoralist communities through livestock identification and traceability mechanisms.

Progress highlights this quarter: During the quarter, KLMC addressed the gaps in their business model with the help of

STTA consultant James Mwangi. During the quarter, KLMC concluded the procurement of ear tags and is now preparing

to undertake livestock tagging. This exercise will be launched in Quarter IV with the participation of the Turkana county government and other stakeholders in the region. The field team in Turkana however continued with farmer recruitment in readiness for the tagging exercise.

Key innovation project activities next quarter:

The launch of livestock tagging exercises will take place next quarter. The development of livestock database whose completion was expected this quarter will

continue and be finalized in the next quarter. Amtech Technologies - Scaling up EASYMA 5.0 to 6.0 for Dairy Farming Sustainability; and thus allowing Dairy farmers to weigh milk at designated buyer collection centers; get a receipt for the delivery which is immediately reflected at the buyers’ main office as well as at the farmers SACCO which is linked to the buyer database. EASYMA 6.0 is web based unlike its predecessor EASYMA5.0 which was LAN (Desktop based).

Progress highlights this quarter: During the quarter, Amtech Technologies finalized customization of EASYMA 6.0 at their

two sites; Kabiyet and Siongiroi Dairies. The system is now fully operational with all modules working well. Challenges of network connectivity at the two sites have however delayed the full execution and utilization of the innovation. Amtech Technologies is currently working with the owners of the two site to resolve these issues.

Amtech Technologies carried out user and farmer training during the quarter. This activity will continue into the next quarter.

The innovation’s implementation period comes to an end in the next quarter.

Key innovation project activities next quarter: Training of remaining users and farmers on EASYMA 6.0 Close out of implementation activities.

Quest Agriculture Limited - Innovative and inclusive training and extension services for the sustainable production of safe food (INTENSE)

Progress highlights this quarter: • The grant implementation period for Quest Agriculture came to an end during the quarter.

Program closeout was initiated and completed by the KFIE grants manager. • During the quarter, the final rigorous assessment report developed with leadership from Dalberg

was shared with them. Quest Agriculture was not recommended to progress to Stage 2 (Pilot roll – out). The rigorous assessment report will be shared with USAID in Quarter IV.


The Real IPM Company Limited - Biological control of fruit fly in mango using Metarhizium ICIPE 69

Progress highlights this quarter: • During the quarter, the grant

implementation period for Real IPM came to an end. Program closeout was initiated and completed by the KFIE grants manager.

• From June 7th -10th, Innovator Champion Louise Labuschagne took part in the joint Partnering for Innovation/KFIE AgAccelerator Lab in Naivasha. The solution-seeking event brought together grantees from the two programs to share experiences and knowledge on project implementation. Louise termed the event as an eye-opener as she was able to meet and share insights with other women innovators from Kenya and abroad.

• KFIE shared the grantee the final rigorous assessment report developed with leadership from Dalberg. The report recommended Real IPM for stage progression to stage 2 (pilot roll–out) and will be shared with USAID separately.

University of Nairobi – Low-cost optical sorting to remove mycotoxins from Mize in local Kenyan mills


• During the quarter, the development of the staffing plan and business plan offered as STTA went on as scheduled. The staffing plan has since been completed while the business plan will be completed in the next quarter.

• The testing of the first optical sorting machine has been ongoing at the University Of Nairobi College of Engineering .The exercise is expected to be completed in July 2015.

• On June 11th, UoN II exhibited alongside Wanda Organic at the launch of the Machakos County Strategic Plan. Chief Guests US Ambassador to Kenya and the Machakos County Governor commended UoN on its innovation which they termed as “relevant to the County”.

Key innovation project activities next quarter: • Conclusion of the business plan and identification of

strategic partners. • Training of millers on the use of the machine while

getting their feedback and integrating it in the building of two other machines before the end of next quarter.

Arid Land Information Network (ALIN) – Farm Records Management Information Systems (FARMIS) for enhanced access to financial and other services for improved food and nutritional security

Progress highlights this quarter: • On April 14, ALIN launched its inaugural

Agricultural Production Report in Meru County. Meru County Director of Agriculture, Mrs.

All smiles after the launch of the FARMIS Agricultural Production Report. From left (front row): Robert Kintu, Managing Director, FIT

Uganda; Roseline Ngusa, Director Sokopepe; Pauline Mugendi, Agricultural Specialist, Land O’ Lakes/KFIE; Mrs. Dionisia M’Eruaki,

Meru County Director of Agriculture; James Nguo, Director, Sokopepe and Anthony Mugo, Deployment Coordinator, Sokopepe. Back row (from left): Martin Murangiri, Training and Recruitment Manager Sokopepe and Susan Gitonga, KFIE Field Officer, Meru. Photo by

Dennis Mutwiri.

A group discussion session during the AgAccelerator Lab


Dionisia M’Eruaki officiated the launch which marks the beginning of sharing concrete data captured directly from farmers with stakeholders in agriculture. The report was based on farmers from Meru County profiled over the period 2014-2015. Key highlights include:

a) The average age of farmers range between 18 to 84 years with the youngest female being 18 years and oldest 84 years, while the youngest male is 20 years and oldest 80 years.

b) Of the farmers subscribed in the FARMIS platform in the county, 76.8% have mobile phones.

c) Farmers in the target region have at least 36 enterprises with the top four preferred enterprises being maize, bananas, dairy, and Irish potatoes.

d) Majority of farmers are smallholder farmers with land ownership below 2 acres. e) Majority of the of the farmers (95.87%) use own cash to finance their enterprises and

less than 1% (0.02%) borrowing from banks and other sources. • The grant implementation period for ALIN came to an end during the quarter. KFIE Grants

Manager initiated and completed program closeout. • KFIE shared with the awardee the final joint rigorous assessment report recommending ALIN

for progression to Stage 2 (pilot roll – out). The report and will be shared separately with USAID in July 2015.

iProcure – Last Mile Distribution of Farming Inputs Progress highlights this quarter:

• During the quarter, a total of 441 out of the target of 2000 farmers were registered (Milestone 3) for training on the innovation. To achieve the target iProcure is collaborating with Heifer International to register farmers.

• The execution of an STTA assignment on financial processes and systems was initiated during the quarter and is nearing completion.

Key innovation project activities next quarter: • Short term technical assistance (STTA) on financial processes and systems will be completed in July

2015. • Finalization of farmer registration (Milestone 3) University of Nairobi - Innovative cold storage option (CoolBot) for smallholder farmers to reduce postharvest losses Progress highlights this quarter: • During the quarter, the champion submitted a final report of the Makueni CoolBot studies which

confirmed the efficacy of the gadget to cool the storage temperatures to the set (100C) temperatures, with the cold room temperatures ranging from 8 to 110C. The fruits that were stored in the Coolbot cold room had an extended shelf life compared to those stored at ambient room conditions.

• Before the grant period expired on May 12th, UoN requested for an amendment of the FOG agreement to accommodate achievement of milestones which were delayed as a result of power fluctuations at the site in Makueni County site. The requested revisions included, among others, a time extension of up to March 31st 2016, hiring of a fulltime project manager, and installation of power back-up system for the Makueni cold room and development of a cold-room management system, including a fee structure for the storage services. The request is currently being reviewed by Land O’Lakes and a request for modification of University of Nairobi’s grant agreement is expected to be submitted to USAID in the upcoming quarter.

Key innovation project activities next quarter: • Approval by USAID of the requested amendments to the FOG agreement. • Initiating implementation of the innovation upon approval of the amendments requested to the FOG

agreement.


Pupils at Mosine Primary School queue for porridge during break-time

Maseno University - Enhancing capacity of Maseno University Seed Unit to deliver to market resilient new maize varieties in western Kenya Progress highlights this quarter: • During the quarter, the 2nd planting season of demonstration sites was completed. A total of 16

demonstration sites were planted with the average germination of the crop estimated at over 80%. Requisite agronomic practices were done in each of the demonstration sites.

• Field days for the 16 demonstration sites commenced in May at Maseno and Siaya Agricultural Training Centre. A total of 81 farmers attended the field days on 26th and 30th June 2015 with 50 farmers attending at Maseno Agricultural Training Centre and 31 at Siaya Agricultural Training Centre. More field days are scheduled for July 2015. During the field days that occurred this quarter, farmer promotional materials describing the Striga-resistant maize varieties (EH10, EH12 and EH14) were distributed to farmers.

• On June16th, Maseno University along with KFIE and Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), held the first meeting for the development of the University Seed Unit, in keeping with the tripartite MoU. The following officials from the three organizations attended the meeting: Prof Job Jondiko and Prof Mathews Dida (Maseno University); Dr. Ian Barker, Mr. George Osure and John Wathiru (SFSA) and; Brian Dotson and Justin Mabeya (KFIE). The meeting agreed on the composition of a Steering Committee, which will be coordinated by KFIE Agricultural Innovation Specialist and Portfolio Manager, Justin Mabeya. The next meeting will be held on July 14th 2015, to discuss the draft Business Plan of Maseno University Seed Unit.

• The STTAs assignments - financial processes and systems, business plan and partner strategy - have been going on as scheduled and are expected to be completed with the month of July 2015.

Key innovation project activities next quarter: • Procurement of a disc plow. • Setting up the second season demonstration sites and development and distribution of the farmer

promotional materials. • Commence production of certified hybrid seeds and delivery of the new maize hybrids for the

National Performance Trials (NPT) testing.

Kenya Medical Research Institute - Design and clinical evaluation of a school meal with deworming properties Progress highlights this quarter: • On April 27th and June 19th, KEMRI held stakeholders’ meetings in Nandi County to discuss the

establishment of papaya factory for processing juice and jam and thus provide market for farm produce and be a source for papaya seed (a raw material for UJIPLUS). Members of staff from the County Departments of Trade and Agriculture, head teachers from the trial schools for the innovation, KALRO1, TEPAD2 staff and KFIE field representatives were in

1 KALRO – Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization

2 Terik Essential Programs Agency for Development


attendance. The Nandi County government has committed to investing KES 50 million in the development of the factory.

• Clinical trials of UJIPLUS were launched in May, commencing with a baseline survey where 100, 103 and 118 stool samples were collected from Mosine, Soiyet and Barasendu primary schools respectively. Application of treatments followed the baseline survey with Soiyet being the trial school, Barasendu the positive control and Mosine the negative control. Sampling to monitor the effect of the treatments ran from June 22nd to July3rd. Interim reports indicate that 99 samples out of expected 102 and 107 samples out of expected 119 were collected from Soiyet and Barasendu primary schools respectively. Analysis of the samples is ongoing at REALE hospital in Eldoret town.

• Development of the business plan and partnership strategy continued as planned and is expected to be completed in July 2015.

Key innovation project activities next quarter: • Completion of the clinical and nutritional evaluation studies at trial locations. • Completion of the development of the business plan and partnership strategy. Kenya Biologics - Combating Tuta absoluta in Tomatoes for Smallholders Progress Highlights this quarter: • During the quarter, the activity and monitoring and evaluation plans were completed and signed off. • Kenya Biologics’ Tutrack innovation has been registered by the Pest Control Products Board thus

giving the green light for the innovator to comfortably engage with agrovets (agro-dealers) for stocking and distribution of the product.

• During the quarter, Kenya Biologics undertook training of trainers (TOT) sessions across the three innovation implementation counties (Kericho, Migori and Bungoma). In Kericho County, 61 farmers (49 males, 19 females) were trained, while in Bungoma and Migori counties 22 (19 males, 3 females) and 37 (31 males, 6 females) farmers respectively were trained.

• Kenya Biologics has recruited and trained six sales representatives who will start working in July. A total of 410 farmers (147 females and 263 males) and 18 agro-dealers were trained on the innovation.

• The staffing plan development, using the grantee’s own resources, was completed in June. • During the quarter, the development of the organizational and governance plan commenced and is

expected to be completed in July 2015. Key innovation project activities next quarter: • Completion of the organizational and governance plan. • Conclusion of the 20 demonstration trials in each of the three counties (Kericho, Migori and

Bungoma) and selling their Tutrack™ product to a total of 1,519 farmers. Caytree Partners - Financial Empowerment and Loan Assistance Program Progress highlights this quarter: • Caytree completed the M&E plan and activity plan which was approved by the KFIE team paving

way for project implementation. • During the quarter, Caytree mapped out their implementation areas in Meru and Bomet counties.

The Caytree Innovation Champion and the Innovation Engine members paid a courtesy call to the County Officials in the two Counties briefing them on the innovation and expected engagement with farmers.

• The integration of Lipa na M-Pesa (Pay via M-Pesa) to Caytree Financial was completed and verified during the month of June - one of the key milestones for the innovation.


Key innovation project activities next quarter: • Caytree will continue working on the architectural framework for the mobile application and the

technical design of the credit market place. • Caytree will identify financial partners who would be ideal in piloting the credit marketplace

KENDAT - Agricultural Mechanization Hubs to Boost Youth-Attractive Commercial Farming Ventures

Progress highlights this quarter: • KENDAT completed its M&E and activity plans which were approved by the KFIE team, thus

paving way for the initiation of activity implementation. • During the quarter, KENDAT conducted door-to-door farmer recruitment in Timau area of

Meru County. So far, 206 farmers have been recruited. • Fencing of two plots (50x100m) plots for agricultural mechanization hubs was done at Kibirichia

and Kalalu areas. The main hub will however be located at Ngusishi; a small rural town which is about 30 km from Meru town, in Meru County.

Key innovation project activities next quarter: • Establishment of mechanization hubs. • Establishment of business clusters and training of service providers.

Stage 2 Innovation - Pilot Rollout: Lachlan Kenya Limited – Viazi Power fusion farming technology to enhance quality and yield of potato harvests


• USAID communicated that the impact evaluation of Viazi Power innovation earlier planned will not be conducted.

• During the quarter, a total of 1210 farmers, 333 in Bomet and 877 in Meru, were recruited and trained as part of Milestone 5 & 7 deliverables. Additionally, there were 56 new adoptions,15 in Bomet and 41 in Meru, of the innovation bringing the total adoptions to date at 168 (60 in Bomet and 108 in Meru). However, the adoptions so far are below the target (6500 for two seasons) and as such, the Innovation champion is expected to request a revision of the milestone on adoption.

• On 25th June 2015, USAID (Catherine Mulwa and Ira Frydman) and KFIE (Justin Mabeya) team visited Bomet County to assess the progress of implementation of Viazi Power innovation as a way of informing a later decision on the requested amendments. The team which met the County Executive Committee member in charge of Agriculture, the Chief Officer and County Director and five farmers, gathered that some of the key reasons for low adoption of the innovation included: lack of certified seeds, high cost of seeds, fear of failure to get market for the produce and limited land for rotation to control possible bacterial wilt outbreak.

• Three new varieties Rudolf, Destiny and Markies are being tried in both counties as part of Milestone 5 and 7 deliverables. Observations indicate that Rudolf potato variety germinates faster and has more robust shooting compared to other varieties. On the other hand, Markies variety takes long to germinate and leaves gaps due to root rot.

• From June 7th -10th, Lachlan Sales Manager Jack Masawa took part in the joint Partnering for Innovation/KFIE AgAccelerator Lab in Naivasha. The solution-seeking event brought together grantees from the two programs to share experiences and knowledge on project implementation.

Key innovation project activities next quarter: • Lachlan will continue with the implementation of milestones 5 and 7, with the view of concluding

them by the end of the quarter.


Lessons Learned

In May/June 2015, KFIE in collaboration with Dalberg, conducted final rigorous assessments for Wanda Organic, Real IPM, Quest Agriculture and ALIN whose periods of performance ended this quarter. While these reports will be finalized and submitted to USAID in Quarter IV, we believe it is nevertheless vital to share these learnings generated from the rigorous assessments conducted in QIII as they provide important insight into the process of innovation incubation.

As per KFIE’s previous experience with rigorous assessment, not all innovations were recommended for stage progression. However, this round of rigorous assessments featured positive recommendations for stage progression (from proof-of-concept to pilot roll-out) for all innovations except Quest Agriculture.

Lessons Learned from Wanda Organic Rigorous Assessment Pilot results suggest that Wanda Organic (Wanda) has a strong, well-demonstrated value proposition for farmers. This has been proven through research results and the performance of demonstration plots. Under the KFIE award, use of Wanda Organic’s Plantmate organic fertilizer was proven to improve soil health, improve crop yields, and boost farmer income. Judging by the qualitative reports of farmer satisfaction, and the repeat purchasing by farmers, there appears to be broad acceptance of the product, and acknowledgements of its benefits. In short, the innovation, or concept, has been proven to work.

However, as expected from a nascent agricultural business, there have been are challenges identified that will need to be addressed in order for growth and viability to occur. For example, some smallholder farmers indicate that Plantmate is too expensive at its current price point. Additionally, the assessment concluded that Wanda Organic requires additional management staff in order to grow. Wanda Organic Founder and Managing Director Marion Moon finds the majority of her time taken up with operational concerns, and day-to-day running of the business, thus limiting the ability of the company to strategically scale, and to capitalize on opportunistic approaches and partnerships. This is a classic innovator’s dilemma, but one that the firm needs to resolve to achieve scale.

Wanda Organic is a start-up in the Stage 1 (proof-of-concept) stage. Start-ups are traditionally heavily dependent on time from the founder, and need to have flexible systems and processes, allowing them to rapidly adapt and change strategies based on field experience. It is important for KFIE and USAID to realize that placing undue administrative burden on the founder, or placing undue emphasis on establishing formal systems can hinder the growth of a nascent enterprise.

The key next step identified for Wanda Organic to tackle in a Stage 2, (pilot roll-out) grant is establishing local manufacturing of Plantmate in Kenya. A feasibility study conducted through KFIE-mobilized technical assistance in helped identify eight sources of raw material (waste matter) that could be combined with the Bioplus activator (a highly concentrated cocktail of 25 microbes – fungi and bacteria) which, when combined with waste matter, produce the Plantmate fertilizer. Local manufacturing of Plantmate would significantly lower prices, making the product more attractive to farmers, and simultaneously make distribution and supply chain management easier.

Lessons Learned from Real IPM Rigorous Assessment

Real IPM sought to address the problem of fruit fly infestation, which reduces the yields of major horticultural crops, including mangoes. While chemical pesticides to control fruit flies are available in the market, their efficacy is limited, and excessive use of chemical pesticides can have negative health and environmental impacts. Moreover, pesticide residue on crops limits the ability of Kenyan farmers to sell to export markets thereby highlighting a need for a non-chemical product such as Real IPM’s Met 69 product to reduce fruit fly infestation.

Over the course of Real IPM’s Stage 1 proof-of-concept grant, the firm demonstrated that Met 69 is effective and can reduce fruit fly infestation, and therefore increase mango yields. Therefore, Real IPM was able to successfully prove the innovation concept.

However, the assessment concluded that several challenges still need to be addressed in a Stage 2 (pilot roll-out grant). For example, Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) approval is still pending, which means that Real IPM cannot legally sell the product on the market, and thus cannot conclusively demonstrate that demand for their product exists. However, early stage surveys and market testing suggest that significant demand may exist.


One challenge noted was that Real IPM needed to rely on other institutions such as the University of Nairobi (UoN) to test the efficacy of Met 69. This research institution operates on its own timeline which was not aligned with Real IPM’s ambitious implementation schedule. Real IPM’s reliance on external parties and inability to control their timelines was not adequately factored into Real IPM’s proposal or the grant milestone schedule.

It is recommended that Real IPM works to increase the value proposition to farmers by linking them to high-value local and export markets. As Real IPM provides farmers with higher yields (and higher quality) mangoes, it cannot improve livelihoods unless mango farmers are able to sell their products. Real IPM can help link farmers to high-value markets in three ways, depending on their strategy and internal capacity: (i) providing information on markets via promoters, (ii) linking farmers to marketing networks and platforms or (iii) linking farmers directly to high-value buyers and exporters. Real IPM has already started to have conversations with aggregators and other potential partner organizations.

It is further recommended that Real IPM develops a more concrete understanding of the market and what it will take to produce a high-quality product at scale, market and distribute it. Real IPM has the ambition to sell to 70% of mango farmers in Kenya in five years. In order to achieve this desired scale, Real IPM will have to update and refine their processes, as well as the company’s sales and distribution channels. While STTA has been helpful, it has largely been at a conceptual level. If Real IPM is awarded a PCPB license, it is advised that Real IPM undertake an at-scale, market-oriented pilot. This would aim to further test customer willingness to pay, and further test initial evidence of customer satisfaction with the product, and the extent to which Real IPM can secure repeat customers. With this, Real IPM can then define a well-informed roll out strategy that includes marketing and distribution channels that poise the enterprise for success.

Lessons Learned from ALIN Rigorous Assessment

Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) is an international NGO that facilitates information and knowledge exchange to and between extension workers and arid lands communities in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. For this Stage 1 proof-of-concept grant, ALIN established a new social enterprise, called Sokopepe, with a software product called FARMIS. Sokopepe collects data from farmers on aspects such as crop yield, cost of inputs, and selling price. This data is collected via field staff and Production Information Agents (PIAs) who train and help farmers to use a farm book, smart phone or a tablet to record this data. Afterwards, FARMIS processes, digitizes and aggregates this data, providing farmers with greater information on their profits. Sokopepe may also be able to sell this data to interested third parties (e.g., financial institutions, or county governments).

Through farmer surveys ALIN demonstrated strong interest in and demand for the innovation; sales increased weekly, and it was determined that the product has strong potential for uptake in the market. As a result of these findings, the rigorous assessment recommended that ALIN (Sokopepe) progresses to Stage 2 grant funding, provided that the enterprise demonstrates further evidence of the viability of the current business model or a revised business model in their Stage 2 proposal.

While ALIN was able to prove their innovation concept, the rigorous assessment also uncovered challenges and recommended actions. Sales efforts towards smallholder farmers should be aligned to their cash-flow cycle. The proportion of farmers that have paid for Sokopepe’s services has been low during Stage 1. Farmers pointed to cash flow challenges during the production season as the key reason for inability to pay for the product, and have expressed willingness to pay for it post-harvest. Sales efforts during the pre-harvest season therefore resulted in a lower return compared to a similar effort at the post-harvest season.

The rigorous assessment also established that farmers demanded more services from ALIN. Providing services to smallholder farmers is costly because of distributed location and poor last-mile infrastructure. Hence, it is essential to derive maximum benefit from each visit made to farmers. Sokopepe is increasingly realizing that PIAs should offer a full gamut of extension services, such as information about fertilizer pest control, and market and weather information. Offering these additional services may also increase farmers’ willingness-to-pay.

Designated Network Agents (DNAs) are not suitable target customers. Targeting DNAs (different types of farmer associations) as the customers was the hypothesis for Stage 1. DNAs were expected to provide


access to their farmers and pay for their services. However, the approach was not effective due to slow decision-making process in DNAs. Sokopepe changed its strategy and targeted individual farmers directly.

One final lesson learned from the ALIN rigorous assessment can be applied more broadly to KFIE; grant performance periods should be better aligned with the growing cycle (or longer term), if grantees are expected to demonstrate an improvement in crop yields or farmer incomes.

Lessons Learned from Quest Agriculture Rigorous Assessment

Quest Agriculture (Quest) is an enterprise offering scientific solutions to farmers across the agriculture value chain. For this Stage 1 proof-of-concept grant, the Innovative and Inclusive Training and Extension Services for Sustainable production of Safe Food in Kenya (INTENSE) innovation aimed to (i) set up franchises, where local agrovets would conduct mobile soil testing, remotely obtain specific fertilizer recommendations and supply custom-blended fertilizer to farmers; (ii) create a custom mobile app to help extension workers diagnose pest and disease outbreaks, and bring specific chemical pesticide advice to each farmer, (iii) offer a market linkage program, facilitating the purchase of farmer produce. However, during the performance period, Quest Agriculture was not able to sufficiently demonstrate the implementation of: a practical ICT (mobile phone-based) dependent franchise system using local agrovets as the pivot point; obtain satisfactory demand for mobile soil testing services among smallholder farmers; and demonstrate proof of change in farmers’ yields or incomes. As a result, the rigorous assessment determined that Quest Agriculture has not adequately proved its innovation concept in order to progress to Stage 2 pilot roll-out. One lesson learned from the firm’s failure to progress from the proof-of-concept stage is that the scope of their activities was too broad and unfocused. Additionally, the commitment and capacity of the innovation team was weak and this led to unsuccessful implementation. The lesson learned from this is that an innovation’s success or failure is highly dependent on the capacity, motivation and passion of the Innovation Champion and the innovation team. Overall Lesson Learned on KFIE’s Approach to Coaching and Cultivating Innovations:

During the reporting period, KFIE continued to address an important lesson learned from the initial round of rigorous assessments for MFarm and Virtual City relating to the relationship between KFIE and grantees. Feedback indicated that the program often related to grantees from a compliance mindset, rather than employing an investor-investee dynamic which typically offers a more facilitative and collaborative approach conducive to enterprise acceleration.

Through the formalization of the KFIE portfolio manager position, a structure and culture has been established whereby collaborative and facilitative partnerships are formed between KFIE portfolio managers and grantees in order to increase effectiveness of innovation incubation. While KFIE remains diligent in ensuring grantee compliance, this broadening of focus has proven fruitful in assisting grantees to not only achieve grant milestones but advance their innovations from proof-of-concept to pilot roll-out and help build sustainable businesses.

KFIE has also continued to address early feedback that KFIE and Dalberg staff must meet with grantees at the commencement of the grant implementation to discuss and agree on the results chain. Initial stage progression scoring is now shared with the grantee, and innovators have a chance to explain their business model and vision, and have their voices heard. This is vital to setting up a rigorous assessment process that evaluates and measures success in a way that ensures buy-in from the innovators, and creates a sense of being on the same team.

KFIE has also learned that there are different innovation challenges associated with working with academic institutions than with private sector organizations. Both academic institutions and businesses share similarities in their eagerness to test and prove the concept of their particular innovation. However, the differences are evident once an organization moves beyond successfully proving that an innovation works. Businesses, by virtue of their awareness that survival depends upon selling a service or product in order to turn a profit and remain viable, are naturally more savvy in making the transition from proof-of-concept to rolling out a product to the market. Academic institutions excel at creating and testing


innovative ideas and technical solutions, but typically have very little experience bringing products to market.

KFIE has discovered that some academic institutions are well aware of this fact and recognize this lack of expertise in marketing their innovations. These institutions typically choose to partner with a private sector partner in order to help them roll out an innovation to the marketplace. However, KFIE has found that some academic institutions underestimate their lack of experience in the marketplace and believe that they can, not only create an innovation, but roll it out to the market on their own. Additionally, these institutions may fail to realize that, customer demand and willingness to pay are of equal importance as to whether an innovation is technically sound and “works”. KFIE believes that academic institutions that are self-aware regarding their areas of inexperience, and who seek out external guidance or private sector partners are more poised to have their innovations succeed. To address the uniqueness of the academic grantees, Land O’Lakes Senior Program Manager Sam Karnis, recently met with the Director of the University of Minnesota’s (U of M) Office of Innovation Commercialization which has developed a robust and streamlined approach for public universities to partner with the private sector around developing and patenting innovations as a business model within the university setting. Conversations will continue with the U of M in the next quarter to gauge interest and feasibility of a potential STTA assignment.

Finally, KFIE has learned the value of ensuring that STTA consultants are given a free hand to be objective in their analysis of the grantees that they are mobilized to support. KFIE staff can facilitate this objective analysis through robust engagement beginning at the development of the consultant scope of work, and the inception meetings between the consultant and the innovator and through review and completion of final deliverables. An unbiased, objective analysis of grantee businesses is ultimately the most effective approach to shedding light on challenges and opportunities. An additional related learning is that it is paramount that grantees are fully involved in the creation of consultants’ scopes of work.

III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS (QUANTITATIVE IMPACT)

Table 2 below presents indicators performance data during the reporting period and shows progress toward the achievement of KFIE indicator targets.

Table 2: KFIE FY2015 Q3 Indicators Performance Data

# Indicator Indicator Source

Units Baseline Value

FY 2015 Target

FY2015 Q3 Achieved

Fiscal Year 2016 Target

1 Number of jobs attributed to FTF implementation (RiA)

FTF 4.5 (2) Full Time Equivalent

21

Location 0 64 14 21 Urban 0 - 8 0 Rural 0 64 6 21 Disaggregates Not Available 0 - 0 - New/Continuing 0 64 14 21 New 0 43 11 2 Continuing 0 21 3 19 Disaggregates Not Available 0 - 0 - Sex of job-holder 0 64 14 21 Male 0 39 9 14 Female 0 25 5 17 2 Total increase in installed storage capacity (m3) (S) FTF 4.5(10) M3 72 0 216 Dry storage 0 0 N/A N/A Cold storage 0 72 0 216 Disaggregates Not Available 0 N/A N/A N/A 3 Gross margin per hectare, animal or cage of

selected product (RiA) FTF 4.5(16,17,18)

USD/Ha FTFMS data

TBD

Banana 2,081 2,185 1,635 2,294 Cabbage 896 942 0 1,037 Green Beans 861 1,068 6,658 1,121 Mango 1,429 1,574 473 1,652 Potatoes 917 998 776 1,098


Tomatoes 1,534 1,590 2,084 1,670 Kales 1,574 1,795 1,652 4 Number of hectares under improved technologies

or management practices as a result of USG assistance (RiA) (WOG)

FTF 4.5.2(2) Ha 0 353 1,081 279

Technology type crop genetics 0 0 0 0 pest management 0 107 3 8 disease management 0 7 3 8 soil-related fertility and conservation 0 194 12 213 Irrigation 0 0 0 0 water management (non-irrigation) 0 0 0 0 climate mitigation or adaptation 0 0 0 0 Other (ICT related ) 0 45 1,063 50 total w/one or more improved technology 0 353 1,081 279 Sex 0 353 1,081 279 Male 0 203 579 186 Female 0 150 502 93 Association-applied 0 0 0 0 Disaggregates Not Available - - 0 - 5 Number of public-private partnerships formed as a

result of FTF assistance (S) FTF 4.5.2(12) Number 0 12 1 3

Agricultural production 0 12 1 3 Agricultural post-harvest transformation 0 0 0 0 Nutrition 0 0 0 0 Multi-focus 0 0 0 0 Other 0 0 0 0 Disaggregates Not Available 0 0 0 0 6 Number of rural households benefiting directly from

USG interventions (S) FTF 4.5.2(13) Number

New/Continuing 0 5,653 8,931 2,500 New 0 3,819 1,448 200 Continuing 0 1,834 7,483 2,000 Gendered Household Type 5,653 8,931 2,500 Male and Female Adults (M&F) 5,653 5,047 2,500 Adult Male no Adult Female (MNF) 230 Adult Female no Adult Male (FNM) 498 Child No Adults (CNA) - Disaggregate Not Available 3,156

7 Value of incremental sales (collected at farm-level) attributed to FTF implementation (RiA)

FTF 4.5.2(23) USD 0 134,109

168,568

0

Banana 0 89,175 134,494 0 Cabbage 0 0 0 0 Green Beans 0 2,412 22,315 0 Mango 0 1,236 8,208 0 Potato 0 82,764 11,374 0 Tomato 0 763 764 0

8 Value of new private sector investment in the agriculture sector or food chain leveraged by FTF implementation (RiA)

FTF 4.5.2(38) USD 0 772,762 645,988 145,700

9 Number of technologies or management practices in one of the following phases of development: (Phase I/II/III) (S)

FTF 4.5.2(39) Number 8 15 4

Phase 1: Under research 0 7 14 3 Phase 2: Under field testing 0 1 1 1 Phase 3: Made available for transfer 0 - 0 - 10 Number of food security private enterprises (for

profit), producers organizations, water users associations, women's groups, trade and business associations, and CBOs that applied improved technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance (RiA) (WOG)

4.5.2(11)

Number 0 54 143 14

Private enterprises (for profit) 0 12 0 8 Producers organizations 0 42 131 6 Water users associations 0 - 0 - Women's groups 0 - 9 - Trade and business associations 0 Community-based organizations (CBOs) 0 - 0 - 11 Number of farmers and others who have applied 4.5.2(5) Number 0 3,322 5,378 1,014


improved technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance ((RiA) (WOG)

Male 0 1,647 2,868 491 Female 0 1,675 2,510 523 12 Number of farmers and others recruited and

registered for the innovation Custom Indicator

Number 0 6,900 1,484

1,014

Male 0 4,750 898 491 Female 0 2,150 586 523 13 Number of farmers trained on the use of the

innovation Custom Indicator

Number 0 5,503 1,448

1,014

Male 0 2,984 883 491 Female 0 2,519 565 523

Indicator Explanatory Notes

NB. After bringing on board three grantees (Caytree, Kenya Biologics and Kendat) for Wave IV Stage 1 innovations in April 2015, the annual targets for indicators 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 have changed from those indicated in the annual target report in FY2015 Q2.

Indicator 2 – Due to implementation challenges related to University of Nairobi’s CoolBot innovation, farmers have not started utilizing the facility, although trials using fruits and vegetables bought from the farmers have been conducted.

Indicator 3: The results reported for Q3 for this indicator come from the short rains season (October- December 2014) crop productivity survey that was undertaken in April/May 2015. Gross margin for cabbage was not calculated as only one farmer (supported by Wanda Organic) had planted cabbage for a site in Machakos. At the time of the survey, the cabbage cycle was incomplete.

Indicator 5: One public-private partnership was formed as a result of FTF assistance. The partnership is between Maseno University and Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture to develop Maseno University’s seed unit.

Indicator 8: In this quarter, the value of new private sector investment in the agriculture sector or food chain leveraged by FTF implementation was $645,988, which was mainly leveraged by KEMRI.

Indicator 12: The number of farmers recruited by the innovation during the reporting period was 1,484, an achievement of 22% against the annual target of 6,900.

Indicators 13: During the reporting period, the number of farmers trained on the use of the innovations was 1,448, an achievement of 26% against annual target of 5,503.

PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE

Annex III presents the performance data tables with one completed separately for each indictor.

IV. CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Wave I (Stage 1) awardee University of Nairobi (CoolBot innovation) submitted a request for a modification of their grant agreement as the previous grant came to a close on 12th May 2015. This was due to realities on the ground during implementation of proof of concept activities whereby power fluctuations at the Makueni site proved to be an unforeseen challenge, in essence making certain existing milestones unachievable. University of Nairobi’s request to modify its activities and milestones to address these realities is currently being reviewed by the KFIE team and Land O’Lakes anticipates submitting a grant modification request to USAID in the forthcoming quarter.

Additionally, there have been delays in issuing three Stage 2 grants from Wave IV, which were recommended by the IAC in January 2015, and subsequently submitted to USAID for approval. However, resolution appears imminent as USAID has indicated its intent to modify the KFIE contract to increase the contract scope and budget to allow KFIE to issue and manage Stage 2 grants. Land O’Lakes has positively affirmed its willingness to explore this possibility with USAID. Land O’Lakes is eager to


negotiate and finalize this potential modification as soon as possible in order to provide grantees with sufficient time to implement pilot roll-out activities, combined with associated technical assistance, ideally with a two-year grant performance period. Given the limitations of KFIE’s contractual performance period, Stage 2 grant performance periods may need to be shortened slightly, depending on the timing of a fully-executed modification.

While constraints and challenges do exist, a wonderful opportunity is anticipated for nine KFIE grantees, Wanda Organic, Amtech Technologies, Caytree Partners, Maseno University, KENDAT, Real IPM, M-Farm Ltd. and Value Farms, all of whom have been selected to participate in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) scheduled on the 25th and 26th July 2015. This represents a high-profile opportunity for KFIE-supported and mentored innovations to share ideas and learn from fellow entrepreneurs, pitch their innovations to potential investors, and engage in high-level networking with an eye toward possible future investment.

V. PERFORMANCE MONITORING

As per their respective M&E and activity plans, routine monitoring and evaluation processes for Wave 1 and Wave 2 innovations continued for the 15 innovations during the reporting period. Other key M&E activities included:

1. Held review and planning meeting in April 2015 with USAID M&E team supporting KFIE. Key outputs from the meeting included USAID feedback that: KFIE’s previous M&E inputs for the quarterly reports were sufficient, shared agreement that future M&E sections in the quarterly reports would adhere to USAID reporting template guidelines and requirements, and KFIE to revise targets for some indicators.

2. Completion of a final baseline survey report for Wave II by Bayesian consulting group in April 2015. It focused on five (out of seven) innovations (iProcure, Maseno University, KLMC, ALIN and Amtech Technologies). The survey covered seven counties: Meru, Machakos, Bomet, Kisumu, Siaya, Nandi and Turkana. The report met KFIE quality standards. All the contractual deliverables under the consultancy have been delivered and are the responsibility of the M&E Department.

3. Undertook data collection, data entry and analysis for the short-rains (October- December 2014) crop productivity survey in Machakos, Makueni, Bomet and Meru Counties in May and June 2015. The analyzed data has been included in the indicator performance in this quarterly report.

4. Oriented three Wave IV innovations (Kenya Biologics, KENDAT and Caytree Partners) on KFIE M&E systems, procedures, tools and reporting requirements. The key outputs were finalization of their M&E plans and utilization of USAID-KFIE reporting templates.

5. Prepared draft contract for Wave IV baseline survey consultancy with the support of Land O’ Lakes Regional M&E team. The baseline survey will start in August 2015 after the contracting process has been completed. The survey will include six grantees covering eight counties namely: Kenya Biologics (Bungoma, Kericho and Migori), Kendat (Meru County), Value Farms (Siaya County), Indicus (Nandi County), Takaful (Wajir and Marsabit Counties) and Caytree Partners (Meru and Nandi Counties). The baseline report is expected in October 2015 for inclusion in FY2015 Q4 report.

6. Three STTA orders for M&E capacity-building were approved and consulting agreements subsequently issued. Their tasks and deliverables include USAID Data Quality Assessment (DQA) and ensuring that grantees adhere to reporting requirements.

7. Finalized M&E department work plan for June 2015 and July 2015. Key priority was total quality management of project data at all levels to enhance data integrity and accountability.


8. Trained M&E capacity-building consultants on Data Quality Assessment (DQA) with support from the Land O’ Lakes Regional M&E team. The purpose was to strengthen the integrity of data for monthly and quarterly reporting as well as to enhance readiness for anticipated external RDQA by USAID.

9. The KFIE M&E team conducted a RDQA exercise in May 2015 HR1 region covering five grantees: AMTECH (Bomet and Nandi Counties), Maseno University (Kisumu County), Lachlan (Bomet County). In June 2015, RDQA covered five grantees in SA2: iProcure (Machakos County), Wanda Organic (Machakos and Makueni Counties), ALIN (Meru County), Lachlan (Meru County) and Real IPM (Machakos, Makueni and Meru). Key findings from the RDQA include:

• There is encouraging uptake and implementation of KFIE M&E system process and procedures by the innovation as a result of the continued good working relationship between the grantee agents and KFIE M&E team

• RDQA exercise will be integrated as part of the routing monitoring for the KFIE M&E team during their routine field visit and grantee specific RDQA reports updated monthly. Develop data quality verification check list and share it out with the grantee agents by July 2015

• Develop a data flow tracker by July 2015

• Develop a filing system that is well organized or easily accessible, coded by region, location and type of activity by July 2015

• Develop an Excel database for the grantee by July 2015

• Refresher training to all the agents on data collection using KFIE tools (indicator definition, how capture GPS coordinates, HHIDs, MEMIDs, identifier variables ) and data cleaning

• KFIE M&E Capacity Building consultant to be signing on each source document and indicate date reviewed on the cover page of the forms including indication of why some data is missing

• Provide innovation adoption forms/tools to grantees where applicable by July 2015

• KFIE field team to train grantee agents on M&E source document review (completeness, accuracy, reliability, validity, timeliness, consistency etc.)

• Institutionalize RDQA as part of monthly follow-up and reporting

10. The M&E department held a FY2015 Q3 review and planning meeting together with three M&E capacity building consultants and the 11 innovation champions/project managers. Key outputs from the meeting include:

a. Review of FY2015 Q3 indicators performance data for the 11 grantees

b. Cleaning of GPS data

c. Agreed that the cut-off date to report monthly indicator data performance is 25th of every month to enable data cleaning and monthly report writing by 4th of every month. Data collected after 25th day of the month will be reported in the next month.

d. Agreed that the M&E capacity building consultants and the grantees agents on the ground will be working as a team and will review collected data and agree on the legitimate data to share with their respective supervisors. This will ensure harmonized referencing of data.


VI. PROGRESS ON GENDER STRATEGY

Addressing gender issues is critical in promoting efficiency and equity within the agricultural sector. The Innovation Engine continues to promote innovative approaches at the different levels of the agricultural value chain that can play a dramatic role in improving the livelihoods of women. Through its grants under contract mechanism, KFIE seeks to identify and provide opportunities for women entrepreneurs. Mfarm Ltd., Wanda Organic Ltd., Real IPM Ltd. and the University of Nairobi (Wave I) innovations are all women-led initiatives. Additionally, KFIE seeks to equitably work with both female and male consultants for STTA provided to grantees. So far, a total of 19 of the 39 STTA assignments have been conducted by women. Results achieved through FY2015 so far indicate, 51% percent of beneficiaries were women (3,508 male and 3,707 female), and the Innovation Engine is making positive overall progress in providing equal opportunity for women to access innovative agricultural technologies. Encouraging widespread participation by women within local decision-making forums is evidenced by the 51% women (3,094 male, 3,259 women) who have participated in innovation dissemination forums and training sessions provided by innovators in FY2015. Some specific KFIE supported innovations targeting women include:

iProcure’s, Last mile distribution of farming input provides the value-added service of aggregating demand of farm inputs and subsequent transfer of the inputs to the farm. This model eliminates cost associated with travelling long distances to procure input making it particularly attractive to women who are less mobile and have more responsibilities at home and on the farm that often inhibit long-distance travel to obtain inputs. These women would not otherwise be able to readily access farm inputs.

Amtech Technologies - The software driven innovation is synchronized with digital weighing scales and real time transmission of data to farmers’ phones. For women who are not able to deliver their milk in person (and majority of women are not able to, because of their greater responsibilities in the home and farm and greater role in productivity rather than marketing), this innovation minimizes theft as the women can track sales from the comfort of their homes.

University of Nairobi’s, Innovative cold storage option (CoolBot) for smallholder farmers currently seeks to provide a women’s group in Machakos with the opportunity for an extended shelf life for fruits and vegetables for sale as well as domestic consumption. This innovation is particularly helpful to women as they are most involved in the production of fruit and vegetable crops

Maseno University’s, Enhancing capacity of Maseno University Seed Unit to deliver to market resilient new maize varieties in western Kenya intends to support delivery to market of recently released new maize hybrid varieties (EH 10, EH12 and EH14) at Maseno University with resistance to Striga weed and foliar diseases, widely prevalent challenges among smallholder farmers in Kisumu and Siaya counties at the shores of Lake Victoria. Women who consist of the majority of smallholder farmers in the area will benefit from better yields for improved nutrition, increased income and better livelihoods.

Kenya Biologics’, Combating Tuta absoluta in tomatoes for smallholders is testing a trap (Tutrack) that is cheap, effective and easy to use for smallholder women farmers for successful mass trapping of Tuta absoluta - a devastating pest on tomatoes affecting thousands of families which was recently discovered in Kenya. Women - the main sources of farm labor are likely to benefit through reduction of pesticides use and improved production of tomatoes, and hence improved incomes and livelihoods.

University of Nairobi’s, Low-cost optical sorting to remove mycotoxins from maize in local Kenyan mills seeks to provide a single-kernel sorting technology that can empower disadvantaged women consumers of maize in Kenya to directly manage their family’s risk of exposure to mycotoxin contaminants - including aflatoxin - in maize by rejecting only the most highly-contaminated kernels in bulk maize. In a typical rural African family, women are the primary providers of noursihment to families. Subsequently, this innovation will contribute to the women’s assurance of safe food for their families.


Lachlan Kenya Limited’s, Viazi Power fusion farming technology to enhance quality and yield of potato harvests involves seed dressing and crop nutrition to enable smallholder women farmers in Meru and Bomet Counties to achieve sustainable yields in Irish potato farming and generate higher incomes while maintaining soil fertility. Viazi Power is used to improve yield and quality on traditional home-saved seed from selected plants, as well as on improved and new varieties, leading to a significant improvement in yields. Since the Irish potato is a food security crop in Kenya, the innovation will enhance the women’s arsenals to combating food insecurity and improving household income.

Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) - ALIN’s innovation is centered on a Farm Records Management Information System for Enhanced Access to Financial and other Services for Improved Food and Nutritional Security (FARMIS). FARMIS is an online service that supports farmers to keep records, enabling the creation of a complete documentation of the farming enterprise. The data is constantly updated and available on 24-hour basis at the touch of a button online or via mobile phones. In addition to records, FARMIS enables farmers to generate on-demand customized reports on the status of their enterprises, produce seasonal profit and loss statements, project the income potential of their farming enterprises, access real-time market information, access input and other service providers, develop a farm activity calendar, link with peer farmers for aggregating produce to sell in bulk, as well as access real-time farming tips. This innovation is women-friendly as it enables women to get relevant farming information, which they would not otherwise get from their husbands, at the touch of a button. Women can therefore be equal participants in the family business and are able to ask the right questions about the business.

VI. PROGRESS ON YOUTH STRATEGY

KFIE also believes that youth inclusion is paramount to the sustainability of innovations and that the youth are indeed the future of entrepreneurship in Kenya. For KFIE, youth inclusion can occur either through innovations that are targeted at youth or through innovations that provide employment opportunities to youth. Cumulatively for FY2015, KFIE-supported innovations have employed over 73 youth (aged below 30 years) comprised of 23 female youth (32%) and 50 male youth (68%), both at corporate and farm level. In addition, out of 5,378 farmers who have adopted KFIE-supported innovations, 1,110 (21%) are youth. Below, are some examples of KFIE supported innovations that focus on, or provide opportunities for youth inclusion.

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Design and clinical evaluation of a school meal with deworming properties is an innovation that directly targets youth as it seeks to develop and test the feasibility of porridge flour (uji) fortified with local fruit extracts that have demonstrated antihelminthic properties. The efficacy of the porridge is being tested among primary school children in Nandi County to determine its efficacy as compared to albendazole, the often used chemotherapy treatment for deworming school children. The innovation will be beneficial to children (both female and male) in terms of better health and to mothers who are the primary caregivers to children in rural

Hilda Kinoti, a farmer in Meru County, holds up a copy of a farm records book which is part of ALIN’s FARMIS innovation. Photo courtesy: USAID Kenya


Practical demonstrations during the safe pesticide use training at ICIPE

areas in terms of cost saving on healthcare and hence redirect the savings to other economic activities. It is anticipated that the innovation will be implemented through a national school feeding program. In addition a spillover effect of this innovation is the growing of papaya fruits to provide raw materials (papaya seed) for the processing of the porridge (UJIPLUS). As designed the production of the seedlings will be done by primary schools and youth groups in the county.

Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT) - mechanization hubs are intended to be run by youth will have the necessary operational and business vibrancy. Key constraints to conservation agriculture adoption remains risk management and inputs availability. By engaging women and youth directly, these can be mitigated through use of participatory approaches and knowledge networks to understand and exploit change drivers. The mechanization hubs will provide the necessary platform towards achieving this.

Wanda Organic - is a woman-owned company whose owner and innovation champion, Ms. Marion Moon, is only 31 years old. She is committed to providing employment opportunities to youth who are “studied and passionate about agriculture/agronomy for field consultancy to our farmers.” Wanda currently has a staff of 10 full time employees and two interns. The average age of employees here is 25 years old.

VII. PROGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND MONITORING

Ten participants drawn from five KFIE awardees/nominees completed a four-day training on safe pesticide use and handling, held at ICIPE in Nairobi. CropLife Africa Middle East certified key members of staff from Wanda Organic Ltd., Lachlan Ltd., Maseno University, Value Farms Ltd. and iProcure in integrated pest management, responsible pesticide use, pesticide application, and identifying counterfeit and illegal pesticides. CropLife Africa Middle East is a regional federation representing the plant science industry and a network of national

KFIE Agriculture Innovation Specialist Justin Mabeya explains KEMRI’s school meal innovation to pupils in Nandi County before the launch of the clinical trials


associations in 30 countries. The training was offered as part of short-term technical assistance under the Innovation Engine to ensure compliance in the procurement and use of pesticides. The training was geared towards training trainers who would be responsible for training farmers and other players in the field for a multiplier effect.

VIII. PROGRESS ON LINKS TO OTHER USAID PROGRAMS

From June 7th -10th, four KFIE awardees and one award nominee, joined over 20 other innovators from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Honduras, Israel, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa at an AgAccelerator Lab – a solution-seeking event co-convened by the Innovation Engine and Partnering for Innovation in Naivasha Kenya. The Lab provided a mutually-beneficial peer learning environment to support participants in critically addressing the challenges faced in market introduction and scaling of innovative products and services in smallholder markets. Combining hands-on practical skills building, creative problem solving and idea generation, the Lab imparted advice and best practices on business and marketing strategies, access to innovative financing mechanisms as well as building effective partnerships.

Throughout the Lab, participants received real-time group and individual feedback from faculty who included local and international business experts and impact investors. Following the Lab, it is expected that participants will be better equipped to grow their respective smallholder market penetration and retention, in addition to being linked to other partners, funders and clients in order to accelerate innovation adoption and eventual scale.

Innovation Champions and senior managers from Real IPM Kenya Ltd., Kenya Biologics Ltd., Wanda Organic Ltd., Indicus Ltd., and Lachlan Ltd. took part in the solution-seeking forum. At the forum, KFIE disseminated printed copies of four-page brochures summarizing each of these innovations, as well as copies of the Human-Centered Design Toolkit, which is published by implementing partner IDEO.org and custom-branded by KFIE to reflect USAID support. Other information and communication KFIE materials disseminated at the forum included the program fact sheet, and branded stationery.

IX. PROGRESS ON LINKS WITH GOK AGENCIES

Towards cultivating and disseminating innovative practices to a wider community of local innovators and Kenyan institutions, KFIE grantees, Wanda Organic and University of Nairobi II took part in the Machakos County Strategic plan launch on June 11th 2015. The Strategic Plan aims to transform Machakos County into an investment hub and middle income economy in the next five years with agricultural development as a key focus sector. US Ambassador to Kenya, Bob Godec and The Machakos County governor were chief guests at the event.

X. PROGRESS ON USAID FORWARD

The Innovation Engine’s programmatic objectives and measurements of success are closely aligned with USAID Forward’s vision of building capacity of local organizations. Through June 30, 2015 KFIE has awarded $1,192,565 in fixed obligations grants to local businesses and institutions for the purposes of scaling up innovations in the Kenyan agriculture sector, enterprise acceleration and capacity building. Through June 30, 2015 KFIE has committed $1,700,00 in targeted short term technical assistance (STTA), using primarily local consultants, aimed at assisting innovations improve their technical, operational, organizational, financial and business capacity.


XI. SUSTAINABILITY AND EXIT STRATEGY

The Innovation Engine’s primary approach to sustainability is to assist organizations with nascent innovations in the Kenyan agricultural sector advance their innovations through initial grant funding and targeted technical assistance investments. By providing this support which is aimed at addressing the innovators’ organizational, financial and business-related needs, KFIE is essentially developing the capacity of local organizations and paving the way for their sustainability so they can thrive and be profitable long past the finite duration of KFIE’s intervention.

Additionally, as part of our strategy to benefit Kenyan institutions by broadly disseminating innovative practices and approaches, KFIE is creating an online presence that will serve as a platform for exchange between awardees who can also showcase their innovations to potential investors and donors. The website - a key element in this strategy, will ideally serve as a portal for investors and donors to link up with innovations and provide future investment beyond the life of KFIE. Nine innovators comprising KFIE awardees and award nominees have been invited to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in July 2015, an important venue for networking and attracting potential future investment beyond KFIE funding.

XIII. SUBSEQUENT QUARTER’S WORK PLAN

With the closure of the Wave IV solicitation in October 2014, KFIE completed the process of soliciting and selecting innovations as envisaged under the program. KFIE’s current focus is on providing financial assistance and technical guidance to support innovations which are in their implementation period to prove their business concepts and assist with roll out of the innovation to the marketplace. This will continue to be a twofold approach whereby an organization’s internal capacity is strengthened while simultaneously facilitating the technical advancement of the innovation itself. As well as guiding innovations toward eventual profitability, KFIE will also play a role in facilitating market and investment linkages to the nascent innovations it supports.

During the forthcoming quarter, KFIE will continue to assist remaining Wave I and II grantees with robust portfolio management from KFIE staff actively facilitating grantee stage progression while simultaneously acknowledging that not all innovations will be able to graduate from proof of concept to pilot roll out. KFIE staff will also continue to provide ongoing portfolio management of new Wave IV grantees and continue providing targeted short term technical assistance provided by consultants. Some upcoming short term technical assistance assignments anticipated next quarter include: business planning, business modeling, and human resource development.

In the upcoming quarter, KFIE plans to engage in preliminary discussions with Wanda Organic, Real IPM and ALIN, innovations that are being recommended for Stage 2 (pilot roll-out) grants in order to design scopes of work, milestones and budgets in preparation for anticipated approval and issuance of stage 2 grants. These discussions will be collaborative between KFIE staff and innovation champions in order to co-create project activities informed by the recommended actions and perceived needs generated by the rigorous assessments aligned with the visions of the innovators themselves. Integral to the planning will be identifying the appropriate technical assistance that KFIE can offer to complement achievement of goals associated with successful pilot roll out.

Additionally, in anticipation of a potential modification from USAID to the KFIE contract to issue and manage stage 2 grants, KFIE will conduct an analysis of the necessary budget and staffing structure needed in order to be ready to effectively manage an enhanced scope of work.


XIV. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Fiscal Year Billing Summary - Previous, Current and Project Billing

Current Obligation $ $10,252,876 Cumulative Billing $ $7,501,324

Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs)

Previously Billed

Projected Billing

To 30 June 2015

FY2015 – Q4

CLIN 001: Core Services 5,715,896 433,797 CLIN 002: Incentive Fee - -

CLIN 003: Short-term Technical Assistance 1,077,701 536,263 CLIN 004: Grants under Contract 707,727 317,226

Total 7,501,324 1,287,286

Cash Flow Report and Financial Projections (Pipeline Burn-Rate) The cash flow chart below is derived from the budget details table, also provided in this section of the report. The chart and budget table provide visual representation of the “burn rate” of the project - both actual and projected. The main categories include: Obligation - the funds authorized to date for expenditure on the project; this is not the Total

Estimated Ceiling, but the amount already obligated up to the time of writing of this report; Actual revenue billed - through the current reporting period, and Pipeline projection - anticipated revenue to be invoiced, by quarter, for the coming three

quarters. Obligation vs. Current and Projected Revenue Invoiced

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Obligation PipelineExpenditure

4th Quarter ProjectedExpenditures

3rd Quarter ActualInvoiced Expenditures

2nd Quarter ActualInvoiced Expenditures

1st Quarter ActualInvoiced Expenditures

Prior years actualExpenditures

Obligation


Budget Details

Total Estimated Cost: $13,165,483 Cumulative Obligation: $10,252,876

Anticipated Cumulative Revenue Invoiced (by end of 30 September 2015): $8,787,391

Budget Notes (assumptions, major changes, estimations, or issues intended to provide a better understanding of the numbers) CLIN 001, 101 (Option Year 1)

These are core services costs that support the overall project. It Includes key staff plus other local personnel, travel, office, equipment, vehicles, training, sub-contractor budgets and overheads. The invoiced amounts have been consistent throughout the program.

CLIN 002 In the upcoming quarter KFIE plans to bill USAID for incentive fees for three innovations that have successfully progressed from stage 1 (proof of concept) to stage 2 (pilot roll out). In all three cases, justification of successful stage progression is outlined and clearly supported by the rigorous assessment final reports to be submitted to USAID next quarter.

CLIN 003, CLIN 103 (Option Year 1)

USAID has approved up to $1,700,000 in committed STTA costs under the base period. For option year one, $462,000 in CLIN 103 STTA costs remains unapproved and uncommitted. As per the contract, Land O’Lakes will bill costs associated with STTA Orders upon completion of the LOE. Land O’Lakes anticipates the completion of several STTA Orders in the next quarter which will appear in subsequent invoices to USAID. Land O’Lakes will continue submission of STTA orders to USAID.

CLIN 004 By the end of this quarter, seventeen grants under contract (GUCs) have been made amounting to an overall ceiling of $1,192,565. These are fixed obligation grants with associated payment disbursements are expected to significantly increase over the coming periods as the grantees accomplish various milestones in accordance with their grant agreements.

New Grants Under Contract (GUCs) Details

• Total amount in the approved budget for sub-awards: $1,200,000

• Total value of committed costs to grants under contract to date: $1,192,565

10,252,876 931,269 834,565 1,215,135 1,287,286 4,519,136

CLIN 001 458,833 458,833 446,719 433,797 4,351,511

CLIN 002 - - - - -

CLIN 003 314,657 195,142 566,922 536,263 -

CLIN 004 157,779 180,590 201,494 317,226 167,625

Prior Year Actual

Invoiced Costs

1st Quarter Actual

Invoiced Costs

2nd Quarter Actual

Invoiced Costs

3rd Quarter Actual

Invoiced Costs

Obligation4th Quarter Projected

Costs


New grants under contract made during this quarter:

• Caytree Partners Limited - $54,000; and • Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT) - $90,000.

TABLE 4: NEW SUB-AWARD DETAILS

Caytree Partners Limited

Name of Sub-Awardee: Caytree Partners Limited

Activity Title: Financial Empowerment and Loan Assistance Program

Agreement Performance Period: April 01, 2015 to Mar 31, 2016

Agreement Amount (Total Estimated Cost): KES 5,000,000

Geographic Locations for Implementation: Bomet and Meru

Activity Description: Caytree innovation is addressing the ability for farmers and small agri-businesses to access finance. They provide a simple, powerful cloud-based financial management tool that allows individual farmers and small businesses to track their revenues and expenditures using an internet enabled computer or mobile device, or SMS messaging. The solution is unique in its ability to allow the tracking of financial transactions from the field while providing users with proper financial reports that they can use when applying for financing. It addresses the lack of farmers and small businesses having easy, reliable way to manage their finances and hence their resorting to manual means such as paper records or being forced to use complicated and suboptimal tools such as QuickBooks.

• KENDAT

Name of Sub-Awardee: Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT)

Activity Title: Agricultural Mechanization Hubs to Boost Youth-Attractive Commercial Farming Ventures

Agreement Performance Period: April 01, 2015 to Mar 31, 2016

Agreement Amount (Total Estimated Cost): KES 8,432,218

Geographic Locations for Implementation: Meru

Activity Description: KENDAT’s innovation is about the introduction of agricultural mechanization hubs with the primary intervention of increasing the operational farm power available at farm level. They are offering a one-stop-shop mechanization hub entry points to the broader agronomic and other technology transfer value chains, offering platforms where trust in business relations can be built so as to attract women and youth while lowering the cost of business transactions between smallholders and their business supporters. The experience is expected to hand-hold the youth to access agronomic, mechanical and other farming referral services, securing the journey into self-employment. The hubs will offer appropriate and accessible mechanization, backed by requisite support services, to change this situation. They will also offer integrated crop and livestock farming that borrows appropriate mechanization from Asia and America.


XV. ACTIVITY ADMINISTRATION

During this quarter, Land O’Lakes continued providing additional resources to bear in support of enhanced KFIE project management. These resources include the following:

• Land O’Lakes Director of Programs, Brian Dotson continued with increased oversight of key KFIE processes including innovator engagement, STTA provision and M&E;

• There has been an increased in country Land O’Lakes HQ operations presence as Land O’Lakes Program Operations Manager, Dimitri Obolensky traveled to Kenya to provide operational support to KFIE on STTA mobilization, reporting, budgeting and rigorous assessment planning;

• During the reporting quarter, the innovation engine completed three years of successful project implementation on 17 May 2015. This effectively brought the base period to an end and the start of the fourth year (Option Year 1).

• During the reporting period, the innovation engine received stage 1 grant approval from USAID for Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT) for Fixed Obligation Grant under KFIE’s wave #4 Grants Under Contract Mechanism;

• During the reporting period KFIE received USAID approval for an additional ten STTA Orders (Order # 30 - #39). To date, KFIE has obtained USAID approval for 39 STTA Orders, representing a total of 41 consultants, who have provided technical assistance to all wave #1, #2 & #4 grantees for the purpose of capacity building and addressing the unique stage progression needs of each innovation. This effectively committed all the $1.7M under CLIN 3 that was budgeted for the base period; Of the 39 orders 24 have been completed and invoiced to USAID while the rest are on-going; and

• The innovation engine made a presentation to USAID for wave 1 Rigorous Assessment (RA) where three innovations (Wanda Organic, Real IPM and ALIN) were recommended for stage progression and stage 2 pilot roll out grant funding.

Personnel

During the reporting period KFIE continued with the increased oversight by Brian Dotson and support from the Land O Lakes Operations Department.

Milton Lore’s (Chief of Party) contract came to an end on 15 May 2015 after he elected not to renew the same. The innovation engine commenced the recruitment process for his successor earlier in the year and is pleased to have identified Ms. Titianne Donde as its replacement candidate for the key personnel position of COP. During the month of June 2015 the Innovation Engine submitted to USAID prior approval request for change of the key personnel position. We anticipate that Ms. Donde will begin in this role on August 17, 2015, pending USAID approval. Until that time Director of Program Brian Dotson will continue leading the KFIE program.

Pauline Mugendi the Agricultural Innovation Specialist also elected not to renew her contract which came to an end on 15 May 2015. The Innovation Engine placed an advert on the newspaper for her position on 8 May 2015 and will submit the selected candidate to USAID for approval for this key position.

Finally, due to the increase in KFIE supported innovations and the recognition that there is a link between successful innovation incubation and robust engagement between KFIE staff and grantees, KFIE intends to recruit and hire an additional Portfolio Manager in the upcoming quarter.

Contract, Award or Cooperative Agreement Modifications and Amendments

This quarter, KFIE did not receive any modifications or amendments. The total obligated amount remains $10,252,876.


XVII. GPS INFORMATION

Attachment A: KFIE FY2015 Q3 GPS Information Please note the Excel worksheet for the GPS coordinates is an extremely large spreadsheet and cannot fit in this report. Land O’Lakes is therefore submitting it separately as an email attachment together with this report.


XVIII. SUCCESS STORY

Public-Private Partnership Helping to Improve Maize Productivity and Boost Livelihoods in Western Kenya Public-private sector partnerships (PPPs) are an area of growing global importance for sustainable development. In the agricultural sector, PPPs often translate to improved access to technology, innovative approaches, financial services, and even markets.

For a population of over 15 million people in Kenya’s western region, a public-private partnership launched in May 2015 is poised to bring about unprecedented improvement in food security, and livelihoods. Many small-scale farmers, the main producers of maize – a staple food in this region, bear the brunt of low productivity due to Striga weed and crop diseases. Here, Striga weed occurs in up to 400,000 hectares of farmland. At less than 1.6 tons per hectare, the productivity of maize is far below the world average of 2.5 tons per hectare. The ramifications are huge with estimated annual losses of $10million to $38million.

Prof. Mathews Dida, a plant breeder who was born and bred in Siaya County, western Kenya, knows these troubles first-hand. Growing up, he witnessed the devastating effects of the Striga weed, which often destroyed the maize crop on his family’s farm. After completing his secondary education, Prof. Dida, who now heads the Seed Unit at Maseno University, studied agriculture with the sole mission of eradicating this menace.

In 2014, Prof. Dida led Maseno University’s Seed Unit to win a seed funding and technical assistance award from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through Feed the Future Kenya Innovation Engine. Implemented by Land O’Lakes International Development, the Innovation Engine is a five-year program which identifies, fosters, and brings to scale innovative market-driven solutions to persistent food insecurity, under-nutrition and poverty. Prof. Dida’s innovation to develop and introduce to market new, resilient maize varieties, which are high-yielding and resistant to leaf diseases and Striga weed, was selected alongside six other cutting-edge innovations from across Kenya.

A major milestone in this proof-of-concept innovation was marked on May 12th, 2015; Maseno University and Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and enhance the capacity of the University’s Seed Unit. In a partnership brokered by Feed the Future Kenya Innovation Engine, the collaboration will help enhance research and commercial production of improved seeds from Maseno University and strengthen national and regional partnerships for production, distribution and adoption of improved certified seed.

Senior management from Maseno University, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture and Land O’Lakes

International Development after signing the MoU at Maseno University in Kisumu County


Prof. Dida monitors progress in the field

Photo: Bernard Mumo/Feed the Future Kenya Innovation Engine

The one-year partnership will significantly contribute towards Maseno University’s efforts to improve maize productivity in western Kenya by 20 to 50 percent. It is anticipated that in 5 years, after initial market introduction of the new maize varieties, at least 30,000 farmers will be planting the new variety of seed in an estimated area of at least 30,000 hectares.

Under the PPP, Syngenta Foundation will leverage its expertise in helping smallholder producers improve their farming approaches access quality inputs, and profitably access markets, to develop the structural and legal organization for the University’s Seed Unit, and facilitate negotiation of license agreements with a private seed company.

On its part, the Innovation Engine is providing technical assistance towards business, financial and strategic planning for the Seed Unit, among others, and facilitating field demonstration and multiplication of improved maize varieties developed by the University.

So far, 16 demonstration sites have been planted with the improved varieties; average germination of the crop here is estimated at over 80%. More than 160 farmers have attended ongoing field days where Maseno University has shared information on EH10, EH12 and EH14 - the Striga-resistant maize varieties. By the end of the 2015, Prof. Dida and his team expect to have at least two new maize hybrids availed for national performance trials and three released for commercialization.


ANNEX I: SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS

Month Date Event Location Ju

ly

9th -12th Southern Kenya Branch ASK Show

13th -16th Third International Conference on Financing for Development

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

16th -18th Livestock Breeders Show.

Nairobi

22nd PIVOT East competition and Conference, Nairobi Kenya Nairobi, Kenya

22nd – 23rd Pre-Global Entrepreneurship Expo 2015, KICC Nairobi Kenya Nairobi, Kenya

25th -26th Global Entrepreneurship Summit Nairobi, Kenya

30th- 31st 2015 2nd Africa Food Security and Adaptation Conference, Nairobi Kenya

Nairobi Kenya

Aug

29th July- 2nd August Kisumu Regional Show Kisumu, Kenya

Sept

embe

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23rd -24th 2015 Agri4D Conference: Agriculture for food security post 2015 – the role of science

SLU, Uppsala

28th August - 4th October Nairobi International Trade fair Nairobi, Kenya

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http://www.pivoteast.com/top-25-startups-to-compete-in-pivot-east-2015-competition/

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ANNEX II: LIST OF DELIVERABLE PRODUCTS

List the “products” that were produced during the reporting period, such as surveys, training designs, trip reports, third country visit reports, etc., and attach them here.

1. 3 monthly reports (April to June) submitted to USAID during the Quarter (attachments B – D)

2. KFIE Wave 2 Baseline Survey Report


ANNEX III: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLES

Total increase in installed storage capacity M3 (S)

FTF 4.5.(10)

Unit Disaggregated by: Storage Type, County

Cubic Metres

Geographic Location Activity Title Date Subtotal

FTF ZOI

Dry storage

Apr 2015 - Jun 2015

0

Cold storage 0

Disaggregate Not Available 0

Totals 0

Results:

County Baseline Results in Prior Periods This Reporting Period 30-Jun-2015 Reporting Period

6/30/2015 End of Activity 30 May 2016

Target (Annual) Achieved (FY2015 Q3) Target Target

Total 0 2.83 72 0 72 216

Makueni 0 2.83 72 0 72 216


Number of hectares under improved technologies or management practices as a result of USG interventions

FTF 4.5.2-2

Unit Disaggregated by: Technology Type, County

Hectares


FTF ZOI

Crop genetics

Apr - Jun 2015

0 Cultural practices 0 Pest management 3 Disease management 3 Soil-related fertility and conservation 12 Irrigation 0 Water management (non-irrigation) 0 Climate mitigation or adaptation 0 Others 1,063

Totals 1,081

Results:

Baseline Results in Prior Periods This Reporting Period 30-Jun-15 Reporting Period 30-Jun 2015 End of Activity

30 May 2016 Achieved Target (Annual) Achieved (FY2015 Q3) Target Target

Crop Genetics 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pest Management 0 6 107 0 107 108

Disease Management 0 6 7 3 7 8

Soil related fertility and conservation 0 176 194 3 194 213 Irrigation 0 0 0 12 0 0 Water Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 Climate Mitigation or Adaption 0 0 0 0 0 0 Others 0 41 45 0 45 50 Total with one or more improved technology 0 229 353 1,063 353 379


Number of technologies or management practices in one of the following phases of development: FTF 4.5.2-39 Unit Disaggregated by: Technology Phase, County

Hectares


FTF ZOI

Phase I: under research as a result of USG assistance (stage 1 proof of concept innovations)

Apr-Jun 2015

14

Phase II: under field testing as a result of USG assistance (stage 2 pilot roll out innovations) 1

Phase III: made available for transfer as a result of USG assistance (stage 3 transition to scale innovations) 0

Totals 15 Results:

Baseline Results in Prior Periods This Reporting Period 30-Jun-15 Reporting Period 30 Jun 2015 End of Activity

30 May 2016

Achieved Target (Annual) Achieved (FY2015 Q3) Target Target

Phase I: under research as a result of USG assistance 0 11 7 14 7 3

Bomet 0 1 1 2 1 0 Bungoma 0 0 0 1 0 0 Homa Bay 0 1 1 1 1 0 Kericho 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kisumu 0 1 1 1 1 0 Kitui 0 1 1 1 1 0 Machakos 0 5 1 1 1 0 Makueni 0 5 1 1 1 0 Marsabit 0 0 0 1 0 0 Meru 0 5 1 3 1 0 Migori 0 1 1 1 1 0 Nandi 0 0 1 1 1 0 Siaya 0 1 1 1 1 0 Turkana 0 1 1 1 1 0 Wajir 0 0 0 1 0 0 Disaggregates Not Available 0 0 0 0 0 3 Phase II: under field testing as a result of USG assistance 0 1 1 1 1 1

Bomet 0 1 1 1 1 0 Meru 0 1 1 1 1 0 Disaggregates Not Available 0 0 0 0 0 1 Phase III: made available for transfer as a result of USG assistance 0 0 0 0 0 1

NB: One innovation may cover more than one County hence County disaggregates may exceed total number of innovation aggregated under the various phases of development.


Number of food security enterprises (for profit), producer organizations, water users associations, women’s groups, trade and business associations and community based organizations (CBOs) receiving USG assistance FTF 4.5.2-11 Unit Disaggregated by: Enterprise, County

Number


FTF ZOI

Private enterprises (for profit)

Apr- Jun 2015

0 Producers organizations 131 Water users associations 0 Women's groups 9 Trade and business associations 0 Community-based organizations (CBOs) 3

Totals 143

Baseline Results in Prior Periods This Reporting Period 30-June-15 Reporting Period 30 Jun 2015 End of Activity 30 May 2016

Target (Annual) Achieved (FY2015 Q3) Target Target Total 0 310 54 143 54 14 Private enterprises (for profit) 0 10 12 0 12 8 Disaggregates Not Available 0 10 0 0 0 0 Producers organizations 0 189 42 131 42 6 Bomet 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bungoma 0 0 5 53 5 5 Kericho 0 0 20 12 20 20 Machakos 0 4 0 6 0 0 Makueni 0 24 0 7 0 0 Migori 0 0 5 18 5 5 Meru 0 40 0 21 0 0 Siaya 0 0 0 13 0 15 Disaggregate Not Available 0 121 12 0 12 0 Water users associations 0 9 0 0 0 0 Machakos 0 2 0 0 0 0 Meru 0 4 0 0 0 0 Disaggregate Not Available 0 3 0 0 0 0 Women's groups 0 28 0 9 0 0 Bungoma 0 0 0 3 0 3 Kericho 0 0 0 2 0 0 Machakos 0 4 0 1 0 0 Makueni 0 0 0 1 0 2 Meru 0 16 0 0 0 0 Siaya 0 0 0 2 0 2 Disaggregates Not Available 0 8 0 0 0 0 Trade and business associations 0 0 0 0 0 0 Community-based organizations (CBOs) 0 74 0 3 0 0 Bomet 34


Kisumu 3 Meru 0 23 0 3 0 0 Siaya 6 Disaggregates Not Available 0 8 0 0 0 0


Number of public-private partnerships formed as a result of FTF assistance FTF 4.5.2-12 Unit Disaggregated by: County, Agriculture sub-sector

Number


FTF ZOI

Agriculture Production

Apr – Jun 2015

1

Agriculture post-harvest transformation 0 Nutrition 0 Multi-focus 0 Other (Capacity building, Monitoring and Evaluation, Dairy) 0

Disaggregate Not Available 0

Totals 1

Results:

Baseline Results in Prior Periods This Reporting Period 30-Jun -2015

Reporting Period 30-Jun-2015

End of Activity 30-May-2016

Achieved Target (Annual) Achieved (FY2015 Q3) Target Target

Total 0 11 12 1 12 3

Agriculture Production 0 1 12 1 12 3

Agriculture post-harvest transformation 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nutrition 0 0 0 0 0 0

Multi-focus 0 10 0 0 0 0

Disaggregate Not Available 0 0 0 0 0 0 Others (Capacity building, Monitoring and Evaluation, Dairy) 0 0 0 0 0 0


Number of rural households benefiting directly from USG interventions

FTF 4.5.2-13

Unit Disaggregated by: Sex, County

Number

Geographic Location Activity Title W M Subtotal

FTF ZOI New household benefitting 654 1,089 1,743 Continuing household benefitting 3,053 2,419 5,472

Totals 7,215

Results:

County Baseline Results in

Prior Periods

This Reporting Period 30-Jun-2015 Reporting Period 30-Jun-2015

End of Activity 30 May 2016

Target-New (Annual)

Target - Continuing (FY2015)

Achieved-New (FY2015 Q3) Achieved-Continuing Achieved-Cumulative

W M W M W M W M W M Total W M Total W M Total W M W M

Total 0 0 7,483 3,819 1,834 536 912 1,448 3,053 2,419 7,483 5,323 2,160 8,931 5,653 2,500

Bomet 0 0 421 316

33 41 74 421 316 737 454 357 811 Bungoma 0 0 0 0 123 137 260 0 0 0 123 137 260

Kericho 0 0 0 0 3 15 18 0 0 0 3 15 18

Kisumu 0 0 30 17

0 0 0 30 17 47 30 17 47 Kitui 0 0 21 81 0 0 0 21 81 102 21 81 102

Machakos 0 0 18 102

16 26 42 18 102 120 34 128 162 Makueni 0 0 185 71

88 101 189 185 71 256 273 172 445

Meru 0 0 1,814 1,501

53 93 146 1,814 1,501 3,315 1,867 1,594 3,461 Migori 0 0 0 0 7 73 80 0 0 0 7 73 80

Nandi 0 0 0 0 113 206 319 0 0 0 113 206 319

Siaya 0 0 216 74

50 52 102 116 72 188 166 124 290 Disaggregates Not Available 0 0 2,718 3,819 1,834 50 168 218 2,718 2,718 2,936 3,824 2,500


Number of rural households benefiting directly from USG interventions FTF 4.5.2-13 Unit Disaggregated by: Gendered Household Type, County

Number


FTF ZOI

Male and Female (M&F)

Apr - Jun 2015

5,047

Male No Female (MNF) 230 Female No Male (FNM) 498

Child No Adult (CNA) 0

Disaggregates Not Available 3,156

Totals 8,931 Results:

Baseline Results in Prior Periods This Reporting Period 30-Apr-15 Reporting Period

30-Jun-2015 End of Activity 30 May 2016

Target (Annual) Achieved (FY2015 Q3) Target Target Total 0 7,483 5,653 8,931 5,653 2,500 Male and Female (M&F) 0 4,229 5,653 5,047 5,653 2,500 Male No Female (MNF) 0 193 0 230 0 0

Female No Male (FNM) 0 417 0 498 0 0

Child No Adult (CNA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disaggregates Not Available 0 2,644 0 3,156 0 0


Gross Margin per unit of land, kilogram, or animal of selected product FTF 4.5 -16 Unit Disaggregated by: Value Chain

USD/Ha

Geographic Location Activity Title Date W M Subtotal

FTF ZOI

Banana

Apr-Jun 2015

1,635 1,635 Cabbage 0 0 Green beans 6,658 6,658 Mango 473 473 Passion fruit 0 0 Potato 776 776 Sweet Potato 2,084 2,084 Kales 1,795 1,795

Baseline Results in Prior Periods This Reporting Period 30-Jun-15 Reporting Period 30 - June -2015 End of Activity 30 May 2016

Target (Annual) Achieved (FY2015 Q3) Target Target

W M W M W M W M W M W M Banana 2,087 -81 2,185 1,635 Disaggregates Not Available 0 2,185 2,294 Cabbage 896 0 942 0 Disaggregates Not Available 0 942 1,037 Green Beans 861 1,017 1,068 6,658 Disaggregates Not Available 0 1,068 1,121 Mango 0 1,574 473 Disaggregates Not Available 0 1,574 1,652 Passion Fruit 713 0 0 0 Disaggregates Not Available 0 0 0 Potato 917 -29 998 776 Joint (Male and Female) 917 -29 998 776 998 1,098 Disaggregates Not Available 0 998 1,098 Sweet Potato 88 0 0 0 Disaggregates Not Available 0 0 0 Tomato 1,534 95 1,590 2,083 Disaggregates Not Available 0 1,590 1,670


Value of incremental sales (collected at farm gate) attributed to FTF implementation FTF 4.5.2 -23 Unit Disaggregated by: Value Chain

USD/Million, Metric Tonnes


FTF ZOI

Banana

Apr – Jun 2015

134,494 Cabbage 0 Green Beans 22,315 Mango 8,208 Passion Fruit 0 Potato 11,374 Sweet Potato 0 Tomato 764

Baseline Results in Prior Periods This Reporting Period 30-Jun-15 Reporting Period

30-June-2015 End of Activity 30-May-2016

Achieved Target (Annual) Achieved (FY2015 Q3) Target Target Banana 0 0 0 0 0 Value USD(M) 0 0 0 134,494 0 0 Volume (MT) 0 0 0 610 0 0 Cabbage 0 0 0 0 0 0 Value USD(M) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Volume (MT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Green Beans 0 0 0 0 0 Value USD(M) 0 0 0 22,315 0 0 Volume (MT) 0 0 0 29 0 0 Mango 0 0 0 0 0 Value USD(M) 0 0 0 8,208 0 0 Volume (MT) 0 0 0 52 0 0 Passion Fruit 0 0 0 0 0 Value USD(M) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Volume (MT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Potato 0 0 0 0 0 Value USD(M) 0 0 0 11,374 0 0 Volume (MT) 0 0 0 12 0 0 Sweet Potato 0 0 0 0 0 Value USD(M) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Volume (MT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tomato 0 0 0 0 0 Value USD(M) 0 0 0 764 0 0 Volume (MT) 0 0 0 2 0 0

Value of new private sector investment in the agricultural sector or food chain leveraged by FTF implementation


FTF 4.5.2-38 Unit Disaggregated by: County

USD Geographic Location Activity Title Date Subtotal FTF ZOI New Private Sector Investment Apr - Jun 2015 645,988 Totals 645,988

Results:

County Baseline Results in Prior Periods This Reporting Period 30-Jun-2015 Reporting Period

30-Jun-2015 End of Activity 30 May 2016

Target (Annual) Achieved (FY2015 Q3) Target Target Total 0 164,212 772,762 645,988 772,762 145,700 Bomet 0 1,681 0 0 0 0 Kisumu 0 1,765 0 0 0 0 Nandi 0 25,209 0 645,988 0 0 Siaya 0 1,765 0 0 0 Disaggregate Not Available 0 133,792 772,762 0 0 0

Number of jobs attributed to FTF implementation (RiA) FTF 4.5 (2) Unit Disaggregated by: Sex, Location, County

Full Time Equivalent

Geographic Location Activity Title Date M F Subtotal

FTF Zones of Influence Urban Apr- Jun

2015 5 3 8

Rural 4 2 6 Totals 14

Results:

County

Baseline Results in Prior Periods

This Reporting Period 30-Jun-2015 Reporting Period 30-June-2015

End of Activity 30 May 2016

Target (Annual) Achieved-New (Annual)

Achieved-Continuing (FY2015 Q3)

Achieved -Cumulative Target Target

Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural

W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M M F Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 0 0 25 39 3 5 2 4 0 0 8 13 3 5 10 17 0 0 25 39 0 0 7 14 New 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Continuing 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Disaggregates Not Available 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 0 0 25 39 3 5 2 4 0 0 8 13 3 5 10 17 0 0 25 39 0 0 7 14

Documents

pdf.usaid.govpdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00MTJF.pdf · USAID KENYA (KENYA FEED THE FUTURE INNOVATION ENGINE) FY 2015 Q3 PROGRESS REPORT . 3/07/2015 . Contract No: (AID-623- C-12-00001)