The Sustainable Rice Initiative for Kenya (SRI-K)

COUNTRY/REC Kenya

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD August 2025 - June 2028

PROJECT SITE Kisumu, Siaya, Busia, Homa Bay, Migori, Embu, Meru, Tharaka-Nithi

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 AGRA
2 Kilimo Trust

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 0 - 0

Project Objectives

Train farmers to adopt climate-smart and sustainable rice practices.

Strengthen access to inclusive markets, trade, and finance.

Improve access to high-demand seed varieties and the overall enabling environment for integrated rice farming

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools