Production and Technology

1. Production and technology improvements needed to enhance efficiency at one or more levels of the value chain;
2. Piloting and upscaling of new ways of public/private partnerships, particularly in extension;
3. Initiatives that pilot innovative ways of carrying out extension work;
4. Development and implementation of certification and accreditation schemes (e.g. for farmers practicing environmental agricultural production methods)
5. Applied research projects, aiming at transforming research results into production used by farmers and/or agro-technical companies;
6. Development of cost effective production technologies (incl. measures that reduce time lags between production & processing and processing & marketing);
7. Initiatives that aim at moving value addition activities of Kenyan produced raw or semi-processed material from abroad to Kenya;
8. Development or upscaling of processing methods that enhance the utilisation of local inputs (raw materials, labour, etc.);
9. Activities that reduce or eliminate transaction costs;
10. Initiatives that remove constraints in the production system (production, broadly understood, includes parameters such as input supply, transport, and distribution, etc.);
11. Research and other initiatives that promote the use of communication technology for farmers/producers and agribusinesses;