Small Scale Irrigation and Value Addition Project (SIVAP)

To contribute to poverty reduction

COUNTRY/REC Kenya

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD February 2016 - June 2022

PROJECT SITE Bomet, Kajiado, Kitui, Machakos, Makueni, Meru, Murang'a, Nyandarua, Nyeri, Tana River, Tharaka-Nithi

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MoALF)
2 AfDB 39,546,000.00
3 FAO
4 GAFSP 24,000,000.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 24,000,000.00 0 0
Loan 39,546,000.00 0 0
Governmental 7,138,000.00 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 70,684,000.00 - 0
Project Goal

To contribute to poverty reduction

Project Objectives

Enhancing agricultural productivity and income, and food security

Project Outputs

Expand the area under crop production through irrigation

Rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructures

Training for farmers on access to markets

Project activities

Enhanced Irrigation Infrastructures and Water Resources Development.

Improved Access to Markets and Strengthening Value Chain

Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Development

Project Coordination and Management

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Farmers 54000
Indirect Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Farmers 50000

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