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CABI offers training to help smallholder mango farmers in Kenya produce quality export goods

Farmers in the traditional food basket have been planting every season without paying attention to soil health.

MESPT will be extending Sh3 billion loan to over 50,000 small scale farmers to strengthen food production and create more jobs in the agriculture sector.

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The Micro-Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) has since the year 2002 developed a niche in supporting the growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises by providing integrated business solutions for sustainable development. The Trust is a multi-donor entity jointly founded by the Government of Kenya and the European Union who later relinquished their position to the Royal Danish Embassy in Kenya. MESPT is anchored on four (4) thematic areas namely: (i) Market...

Kenya: Taita Taveta banana growers sign deal to boost production After Taita Taveta entered a processing deal with the Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust, the county’s banana growers expect to benefit from a ready market. According to Taita Taveta governor Granton Samboja, the collaboration will further help in sustaining the multimillion banana sector. “Smallholder banana growers at the grassroots level will benefit from access to markets and value addition activities hence boost ag...