Making an extra coin through provision of soybean as flour to the BoP consumers

About the partnership

Kenya

Soy and Oil Seeds

Status:

Active

This partnership aims to reduce malnutrition through access to nutritious (fortified and pre-cooked) soy-based foods for Base of Pyramid (BoP) consumers. The company hopes to achieve this through increased processing of soybean into corn-soya blended flours (CSB). Access to the BoP consumers will be enabled through the establishment of a distribution system that can reach the consumers as opposed to the current distribution that is done through institutions. In addition, the company also aims to increase the income of smallholder farmers and improve their livelihoods by reducing the importation of soybeans and sourcing them from local farmers. The partnership will also create opportunities for micro-entrepreneurs such as retailers and youth.

About the business champion

Prosoya Kenya Limited is a private limited company registered in 2009 but with operations starting in June 2010. Current products include nutritious composite porridge flour and dairy meal. The company also does soybean extrusion to supply to other food manufacturers. Currently, all products are sold through institutions such as the government (school feeding program) and NGOs for relief. The raw materials including soybean are sourced from aggregators or from farmers through service providers such as Soywel who provide technical training for farmers and aggregation services and they are paid a service fee of KES 5 per kilogram while the farmers are paid directly through mobile payment (Mpesa). Most of the soybeans (over 95%) are imported due to the shortages in the country.

Key Interventions

Increase smallholder farmers capacity to supply soybean to Prosoya

Improved access to nutritious and affordable ready to eat porridge to the BoP consumers

Support ProSoya, MSME’s and farmers to get access to Financial support from financial institutions

Adoption of eco-efficient production on 1,200 hectares through climate smart innovations

15,000 farmers targeted and supported including

50 MSMEs involved

150 Producer Organizations involved

€ 435,106 private sector co-investment.

12,000 BoP consumers with improved access to nutritious food

Get in touch

Curious about this partnership? Get in touch with the Inclusive Agribusiness Advisor.

E-mail Eric Kataka

Inclusive Agribusiness Advisor

	Eric Kataka
	Emukabi@2scale.org

Project partners

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

KALRO is a corporate body created under the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Act of 2013 to establish suitable legal and institutional framework for the coordination of agricultural research in Kenya

Kenya Bureau of Standards

Certification body

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)

A government parastatal whose responsibility is to assure the quality of agricultural inputs and produce to prevent adverse impact on the economy, the environment, and human health.

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