The Entrepreneurial Conservation Agriculture Services Provision to Medium and Smallholder Farmers in Kenya dubbed “Huduma Kwa Mkulima” 25 is an initiative of ACT, Government of Kenya, NEPAD-CAADP, NORAD and the EU. It aims to develop the infrastructural support, the launch pad for increased awareness and unblocked access to skills, financial, produce markets and other conservation agriculture services along the value chain. The agribusiness based public-private- partnership investment intervention will form the nucleus and model for Africa for systemic adoption of profitable CA by one million farmers in Kenya by 2025.

The proposed Huduma kwa Mkulima 25 project seeks to scale up the adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) by one million farm households in Kenya by 2025. The project drivers are built on the fundamentals of mechanisation of smallholder farming; adoption of climate-smart agriculture by clusters of farmers; and engagement of the for-profit agribusiness innovations of the private sector to enhance access of services along the value chain. Consequently, the project will in its two five-year phases, contribute to eliminate hunger, half poverty, induce resilience to climate change, attract and create decent rural employment particularly for youths and women.

This project has been prepared as part of a pan African initiative led by African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) with the support of partners to realize the CAADP goal of 6% annual growth rate of agriculture with a view to realizing food security on the African continent. CA is based on three principles: minimum disturbance to the soil (no-till or minimum tillage); permanent soil cover; and crop rotations/associations. CA is now practiced on over 150 million hectares worldwide and is expanding at the rate of 7 million hectares annually. Unfortunately, there are about 1 million hectares in

The purpose of the forum is to create awareness of the “Huduma Kwa Mkulima” intervention and highlight existing opportunities for-profit investment and partnerships in fulfilment of the corporate social responsibility. In return the program endeavours to contribute to eliminate hunger, half poverty and induce resilience to climate change through the proactive and profitable adaption, development and deployment of climate-smart technologies and business models. One Million farm households are targeted to adopt conservation agriculture principles and practices by the year 2025.