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Kenyan Farmers Bet On Diversification To Beat Covid-19 By Soko Directory Team / Published February 10, 2021 | 1:23 pm KEY POINTS Youth (18-34 years) account for 29 percent of Kenya’s population and are significant to Kenya’s growth and transformation agenda. Throughout 2020 and the myriad of challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting and working with young agribusiness entrepreneurs has been particularly pertinent. According to the Kenya Agribusiness Strategy (2017-2021), youth (18-34 years) account for 29 percent of Kenya’s population and are significant to Kenya’s growth and transformation agenda. However,  70-80% of entrepreneurs fail within their first two years of business. With the disruption of agricultural value chains since the onset of the pandemic, USIU-A received additional funding from IDRC to better understand the factors that allow young people to be more resilient and to keep their agribusinesses afloat.

Nairobi areaKelly kadiviriaJared omondi andegoKathryn toureFrancis wambalabaAmos njugunaBenedetta nangilaSamuel thuo irunguSoko directory teamKenya agribusiness strategySouthern africaProf francis wambalabaThuo irunguNairobi countyProfessor amos njugunaCounty governments