Empowering Novel Agri-Business-Led Employment for Youth in African Agriculture (ENABLE-Youth)

To contribute job creation, food security and nutrition, income generationand improved livelihood for youths in both urban and rural areas.

COUNTRY/REC Kenya

PROJECT COVERAGE Multi-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2018 - December 2023

PROJECT SITE Whole country

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Government of Kenya
2 AfDB

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 Goal

To contribute job creation, food security and nutrition, income generationand improved livelihood for youths in both urban and rural areas.

Project Objectives

To create business opportunities and decent employment for young women and men

Project Outputs

Increased youth employment in agriculture

Increased agribusiness ventures

Project activities

Training

Nurturing

Mentorship

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Youths 2800
2 Agripreneurs 2000
Indirect Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number

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

Crosscutting

Women

Youth

Nutrition

Climate Change

Food system

Contact (implementing agency)

CARD